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The Gender Balance of CSEAS

CSEAS Total

36.5%

Male 20.9

Female 12

Professor

23.3%

Male 9.9

Female 3

Associate Professor

33.3%

Male 8

Female 4

Assistant Professor

66.7%

Male 2

Female 4

Program-Specific Faculty

50%

Male 1

Female 1

（%: Ratio of female faculty members）
(as of April 1, 2024）

Main Activities

In 2016, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) established the Gender Equality Promotion Committee and has been working to promote gender equality.

  1. Hosts seminars on gender
    The following two seminars are held each year:
    ① Seminar on Gender Issues in Academia
    An international seminar that invites guest speakers to share information about gender conditions in regions worldwide and information related to the promotion of gender equality at research and educational institutions.
    ② Special Seminar: Frontiers of Gender Studies in Asia
    An international seminar that invites guest speakers to talk about the forefront of gender research in various places in Asia.
  2. Provision of childcare services
    ① Establishment of a nursery for use during events held by the Center
    ② Assistance for the dispatch of babysitters during joint-research meetings, etc.
    →Please contact to <danjokyodo*cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp> if you wish to apply, or to inquire about details. (Change * to at sign when you send us an email.)
  3. Provision of a kids’ space and rest area for use by staff who are pregnant or raising children
  4. Encouragement of applications by women when recruiting staff

Multipurpose Rest Area

There is a multipurpose rest area (with tatami-mat flooring) in the Utility Room on the first floor of the East Building. It is free to use when the East Building is open.

CSEAS Gender Seminar

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CSEAS Action Plan

Kyoto University Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality
Kyoto University Gender Equality Center
Kyoto University Kids’ Community (KuSuKu)

CSEAS Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality

  1. In order to eliminate unconscious bias that can affect the recruitment and promotion of female faculty members, the personnel selection committee must include at least one female, and all committee members will be required to fill in a checklist on unconscious bias.
  2. In order to consider childbirth and childcare needs in the recruitment and promotion of faculty members, performance during the period of childbirth and childcare leave shall be deemed to be equivalent to performance before and after the period of leave.
  3. Faculty members with young children up to and including the age of third grade at elementary school will be eligible for a working from home component. In addition, their workloads can be reduced by allowing for replacement and/or proxy representation at meetings, via a collaboration scheme within divisions.
  4. Meetings shall in principle always be scheduled between the hours of 9:00 and 17:00, to ensure that faculty members who are actively involved in childcare and/or nursing care are able to fully engage in discussions and decision-making in the Center. Online and hybrid formats will be utilized where appropriate.
  5. Information on CSEAS’ initiatives and childcare facilities and amenities, such as rooms for breastfeeding and resting, together with information on the balance between research/education and childcare should be available, along with details of the University’s equivalent policies and support measures, on the website.
  6. As part of our commitment to childcare support, we are remodeling the multi-purpose rest area in the utility room on the first floor of the East Building to better suit the needs of the Center.