３つの本部とその活動内容

The 3 headquarters act vigorously as follows by cooperating with one another.

1.　Office of Gender Equality Awareness

• Planning and implementing initiatives related to gender equality
• Researching and analyzing the current status of gender equality
• Advocacy activities for the promotion of gender equality
• Coordination with other institutions related to gender equality
• Other matters related to gender equality

2.　Office of Diversity in Research Environment

(Formerly the Office of Mutual-assistance and Support for Women Researchers, and the Office of Reform Promotion in the Training System for Women Researchers)
【Mutual-assistance】

• • Supporting work-life balance of women researchers
  • Childcare and nursing care support of students, staffs and faculty
  • Operation management of childcare support system
  • Health consultation of women of all ages (from puberty to menopause)
  • Other matters related to mutual-assistances for women researchers

【Research Support Activities】

• Start-up support for women researchers in science
• Other activities related to the project named “Supporting Positive Activities for Female Researchers (and its successor)”

3.Office of Career Development for Postdoctoral Fellows and Graduate Students

• Providing postdoctoral fellows and graduate students with skills based seminars and workshops,　self-assessment and self-promotion training programs, and networking events with people in business, including those who started their own businesses
• Building a mentor system
• Supporting career interview and long-term internship
• Raising faculty’s awareness
• Activities related to the Career Support Group and Life-Career Design Lab.
• Other activities related to supporting the career development of postdoctoral fellows and graduate students