The Situation of Gender Equality in Mathematics in Japan (Women in Mathematics)

概要

The promotion of gender equality is now an important issue, especially in Japan with its declining birthrate.
Even in mathematics, a variety of gender-related activities have been conducted. However, gender equality
does not seem to have been widely discussed as a central issue in mathematics among the leaders of the
Mathematical Society or various graduate schools of mathematics in Japan. We speculate that the reason
for this is that there has not been sufficient discussion on the goal of gender equality.
We believe the goal of gender equality is to create an environment in which all people who aspire to
study mathematics are equally welcomed and receive the same expectations and evaluations, in
which roles are not fixed by gender, and in which minorities can study and conduct research without
disadvantage or anxiety. Gender equality is not about increasing the number of female mathematicians. 11
is about respecting both women and men equally as people who explore mathematics.
Countries around the world, which are ahead of Japan in terms of gender equality, have accumulated
various statistics and have created effective programs for gender equality based on such statistics. In a
document on initiatives for gender equality published by the Mathematical Society of London, it is pointed
out that ([l]) "Good practice isn't about how many women are in the department, it's about processes that
are fair, flexible, accessible and transparent to all.". ...

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