Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine established the Center for the Promotion of Gender Equality in 2010, when the “Miyako Model for the Flexible Support of Female Medical Researchers” was subsidized by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Since that time, the center has been actively developing various projects to support female medical researchers. In addition to the creation of a nursery for sick children and the introduction of a flexible work schedule and research support staff system, including the Future Step Researcher designation, we have planned a number of educational projects to create an environment in which female researchers can pursue their research in an ongoing fashion, and we will continue these projects even after the grant ends.

With more and more women enrolling in our university to become doctors and nurses, we hope to further enhance and establish these support programs in order to train the next generation of medical professionals poised to work on the front lines of medicine. However, it is extremely difficult for the university to bear all the expenses related to these support programs, and we must ask for support from parties within and outside the university.

Given these circumstances, we sincerely hope that not only our faculty and staff, but also alumni, parents of current students, university-affiliated organizations, and business people will appreciate the goals and activities of our center and lend their support.

May 2019

President of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Center Director of The Miyako, WLB Promotion Center

Scope of our activities

Create an environment in which medical professionals and researchers, regardless of gender, can engage in medical research in a flexible and relaxed manner, accumulate meaningful achievements, and advance their careers.

Specifically,

•  Raise awareness of reforms to the way medical professionals work among the university and in society at large.
• Foster the younger generation by providing childcare support for sick children, etc.
• Exchange information among medical professionals and researchers within and without the university.
• Provide assistance to promote research under time constraints.
• Apply various work systems, such as shorter working hours.
• Introduce role models. Etc.

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