[PPT] - Effective Policies for Supporting Education and Employment of Women PowerPoint Presentation

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Effective Policies for Supporting Education and Employment of Women in Science and Technology : Case of Korea

Kong-Ju-Bock Lee National Institute for Supporting Women in S&T Ewha Womans University

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Introduction : Women Resources in S&T, KOREA Key Policies and Outcome Proposals for Effective Policies and Programs

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S&T Female

Middle S 46.7%

(2008) in Ratio

High S – S&E 35.0%

Sex

Sci High S 22.3%

Univ – S&E 29.6% 16.3% Sci 52.8%

Male

Sci 53.5% 18.0% MA 24.4%

14.1%

Sci 46.5%

9.1%

Sci 35.9% PhD 20.8%

Regular New Emp 17.0% Including Non-Reg 21.5% Reg Emp 10.4% Including Non-Reg 17.4% 6.1 %

BA 28.6% Eng Eng Eng Eng Opinion Leaders

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Pure Natural Sciences Engineering

~ 18% ~ 14% ~ 10% ~ 3% ~ 50% ~ 40% ~ 30% ~ 10%

[ Ratio changes of women in S&T at academia ]

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Source : STATISTICS KOREA, Report on Economic Activity Status and Participation Rate (2008)

female male

[ Economic Activity Participation Rate ]

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Female Male

Source : STATISTICS KOREA, Report on Economic Activity Status and Participation Rate (2008)

[ Economic Activity Participation Rates of (un)married by major ]

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High academic

achievement of female students

Meets OECD average of

women Bachelors in S&E

Increasing ratio of

women in S&E Master’s programs

Decreasing ratios of girls

in ‘Science High school’ and S&E Bachelor’s program

Low ratio of women

earning S&E doctorates

Low rate of economic

activity participation by women

High ratio of temporary

workers among women S&T employees

Male-oriented education

in S&E

Lack of infrastructure for

work-family balance

Criticism of reverse

gender discrimination for affirmative actions promoting women in S&E

Inadequate human

resources in S&E

Need for development of

source technology and diversity

Shortage of economically

active human resources

S W O T

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S&T Female

Middle S 46.7%

(2008) in Ratio

High S – S&E 35.0%

Sex

Univ – S&E 29.6%

Male

MA 24.4% PhD 20.8%

Regular New Emp 17.0% Reg Emp 10.4% 6.1 %

BA 28.6%

Elites Engineers Engineers Engineers Professional s Job Support Career Management Gender-recognized policy

WISE Program (2001 ~ )

On/Off Line Mentoring

WIE Project (2006 ~ )

Leading University of engineering education for women

WATCH21 program (2004 ~ )

R&E program at engineering research lab

Recruitment Target System (RTS)
Promotion Target System (PTS)
Officer in Charge of WSE
Childcare Center
Research Funds Exclusively for

Women Scientists and Engineers

ISWIST (2004 ~ )

Legal action center : Policy research, Training, Information Hub, Supporting NGO’s activity, WISTFIT project…

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Stage Program Elementary School Middle School High School College Graduate School Unemployed Employed Retired Education/ Training/ Mentoring

Mentoring
Visiting Lab
Sci Camp
Mathematics-

Research Conference

Mentoring
S&E Research

Camp

S&E Research

Conference

R&E Program
Mentoring
International

S&E Camp

R&E Program
Gender

Recognized Edu.

R&E Program
Leadership T.
Communication

Training

New Research

Technique T.

Job Training

(SC, LM, PS)

Leadership T.
Communication

Training

New Research

Technique T.

Mentoring
Leadership T.
Communication

Training

New Research

Technique T.

Career Development /Retention

Internship
Job Fair
Job Information
CV Clinic
Career

Consulting

Employment

Subsidy

Job Fair
Job Information
CV Clinic
Career

Consulting

Employment

Subsidy

Research Subsidy
Job Fair
Job Information
CV Clinic
Career

Consulting

Research Subsidy
Career

Consulting

Networking

Women Friendliness

Gender

Recognized Education of Engineering

WIST-FIT
WIST-FIT
Recruitment

Target System (RTS)

Officer in Charge
f WSE
RTS
PTS
WIST-FIT

Transition

f Social

Recognition

National

Conference of Women Scientists & Engineers

National

Conference of Women Scientists & Engineers

National

Conference of Women Scientists & Engineers

National

Conference of Women Scientists & Engineers

Minister Award

(RTS)

NRF Award

(WIST-FIT, NGO)

Supporting Programs for Women in S&T by Lifecycle Stage (2010)

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Objective Key Policy Outcome

Education WISE

Women Into Science and Engineering

1,300 mentor-mentee pairs (‘07)
35,000 girls participated in WISE programs (‘07)

WIE

Women In Engineering

52 new courses developed and 53 improved (‘06-’08)
Employment rate of women: 66.1%(‘06)76.8%(‘08)
Satisfaction : more than 80% of participants

WATCH21

Women’s Academy for Technology Changer in the 21 Century

315 teams and 2,238 female students participated (‘04-’09)
Satisfaction: more than 90%of participants

Employment, Retention Recruitment Target S.

Rate of women recruits in institutes: 18.2%(‘03)26.6%(‘09)
Rate of women faculty recruits: 5.2%(‘03)6.5%(‘05)

Promotion Target S. (recommended) Not measuable Designation of Officer in charge of WSE

High synergy with WIST-FIT project of ISWIST
Best practice of WIST-FIT is from the organization with active Officer

in charge of WSE Research Funds exclusively for WSE

Budget: US$2.5(‘00)US$15.7(’10)
Ratio of women project-managers: 6%(‘03)14%(‘09)

Childcare Center at S&T Research Complex

300 babies and toddlers, open 7:30~22:30
WSE from 37 institutes are using.

ISWIST

Institute for Supporting Women in Science and Technology

40 policy-related research reports and proposals
10,000 WSE trained/70% of job trainees are working
25,000 WSE DB
Tens of programs developed

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Introduction : Women Resources in S&T, KOREA Key Policies and Outcome Proposals for Effective Policies and Programs

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Effective Policies/Projects/Programs Comment

On/Off-line Mentoring Program

Highly recommended in all stages of a woman’ s life in

S&T WIE Project : Leading university of engineering-education for women students

Need to disseminate the developed programs to other

college of engineering Recruitment Target System

Necessary for a time
Should be run concurrently with Employment Target

System and Promotion Target System Research Funds exclusively for Women Scientists and Engineers

Encouraging for young scientists and engineers with

experience in maternity leave or childrearing Childcare Center at S&T Research Complex

A strong needs exists to build new nursery schools at
ther S&T Research Complex.

ISWIST

Action center for monitoring, steering, planning and

implementing policies and programs for women scientists and engineers

A consolidated ISWIST will be launched in Jan, 2011

merging 3W projects.

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Gender Gap Index (2009)

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Source : WEF, The Global Gender Gap Report (2009)

APEC OECD W/M = 0.71 in labor force participation 0.67 in enrolment in tertiary education 0.66 in professional and technical workers 0.52 in estimated earned income 0.16 in parliament 0.10 in legislators, senior officials and managers 0.05 in ministerial positions

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Government policy for WSE must not stop at declaration.

Strict enforcement Requirement of outcomes Incentives to encourage best practices Support from MSE