scholarly journals COT-28 Questionnaire Survey Regarding Working Condition of the Members Belongs to the Japan Society for Neuro-Oncology (JSNO) by the Gender Equality and Diversity Committee of the JSNO, 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_6) ◽  
pp. vi30-vi31
Author(s):  
Takamitsu Fujiamaki ◽  
Kaoru Tamura ◽  
Tatsuya Abe ◽  
Mitsutoshi Nakada ◽  
Akiko Higuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Japan Society ◽  
Allied Health Professionals ◽  
Pediatric Society ◽  
Future Success ◽  
Neurosurgical Society ◽  
Diverse Community ◽  
Diversity Committee ◽  
Equality And Diversity

Abstract Gender Equality and Diversity Committee (“Women and Diversity in Neuro-oncology - WING”) of the Japan Society for Neuro-oncology (JSNO) was established in November 2020 with the aim of supporting and providing better opportunities for diverse members including women in JSNO. In order to achieve this goal, the JSNO and WING planned to conduct a questionnaire survey of all members in the fall of 2021 to investigate the actual situation of members. The targets of this study were clinicians, basic researchers, nurses and allied health professionals including medical social workers. The survey is conducted after obtaining the approval of the Ethics Committee and Academic Committee of the JSNO. Method: As of September 26, this questionnaire is currently underway online and anonymously. The questionnaire includes questions on work environment, home environment (including childcare and nursing care) for understanding work-life balance, existence of problems related to career development, support measures considered necessary, and expectations for WING. Results: As the results of the questionnaire were not available at the time of writing this abstract. However at the presentation we will present the statistical analysis of the survey. Various comparisons of the questionnaire items common to those of the Japan Neurosurgical Society and the Japan Pediatric Society, which were conducted several years before this survey. Conclusion: Respect for diversity is increasingly important in the field of neuro-oncology. Surveys are important for the future success of our diverse community, and we believe that this survey will be an important milestone.

Equality and diversity: a new approach to gender equality policy in the UK

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia Ben-Galim ◽  
Mary Campbell ◽  
Jane Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Paper Briefly ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gender Equality Policy ◽  
Equality And Diversity ◽  
The Eu

In 2007 the UK established a new single equalities body, to bring together the existing equality Commissions dealing with gender, disability, and race and ethnicity into a Commission for Equality and Human Rights. The promotion and enforcement of ‘equality and diversity’ is one of the three duties of the new body. This paper briefly explores diversity in relation to the theory of gender equality and also examines developments in policy at the EU level, which has provided much of the impetus for change. Our focus is on the policy approach and the tensions that the policy documents reveal about the emphasis on equality and diversity approach, in particular the extent to which attention to gender issues may get lost in the diversity bundle, and the extent to which a focus on the individual may be strengthened over the group.

Traces of equality policy and diversity management in Finnish work organizations

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 415-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Ylöstalo
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Corporate Image ◽  
Work Organizations ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Everyday Work ◽  
Sector Work ◽  
Equality And Diversity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss how equality and diversity are experienced in everyday work within Finnish work organizations and how equality policy and diversity management participate in maintaining the inequality regimes of the organizations. Design/methodology/approach The empirical findings are based on 31 interviews, which were collected in two private sector work organizations. Inequality regimes, the interlocked practices, and processes that result in continuing inequalities in all work organizations, are used as an analytic tool. Findings There is an individualizing tendency of equality in Finnish work organizations, which is also the premise of diversity management. Accordingly, the organizations cannot address structural and historical discrimination based on gender, race, and class. Also, when diversity is intrinsic to the corporate image, the members of the organization downplay and legitimize inequalities in their organization. Originality/value The paper analyzes inequality regimes in a context that should be ideal for equality and diversity: Finland, where gender equality policies are relatively progressive, and organizations that strive for equality and diversity. This gives new insight on why inequalities are difficult to change.

scholarly journals Arab Countries in Transition: Gender Rights and Constitutional Reforms

1970 ◽  
pp. 2-6
Author(s):  
Samira Aghacy
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Arab Countries ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
American University ◽  
Lebanese American University ◽  
Constitutional Reforms ◽  
Countries In Transition ◽  
Equality And Diversity

Al-Raida is pleased to launch a special thematic issue in two parts that grew out of the international conference titled “Arab Countries in Transition: Gender Rights and Constitutional Reforms” organized by the Institute for Women’s Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University in partnership with the Women and Memory Forum-Egypt, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Rule of Law Program MENA Region, and the Danish Centre for Research and Information on Gender, Equality, and Diversity (KVINFO).

scholarly journals Queering and diversifying gender in equality work at European higher education institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2019) ◽  
pp. 78-91
Author(s):  
Lisa Mense ◽  
Stephanie Sera ◽  
Sarah Vader
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Eu Legislation ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
Equality And Diversity

Against the background of recent changes to EU legislation to meet the demands and needs of LGBTIQ* communities, the authors seek to situate a queered and diversified understanding of gender firmly at the centre of the gender equality discourse in higher education (HE). Based on case examples, the legal and discursive status quo in German and Dutch HE institutions as well as actors’ motivations, challenges and opportunities are examined through a queer lens. The results highlight how differently EU legislation is transposed into national law. They also show that change is currently driven by highly motivated individual actors, be they students, gender equality and diversity officers, or individual institutions. We argue that queering and diversifying should be understood and used as modes to reflect on and analyse the processes that lead to heteronormative understandings of gender in HE and to develop strategies that take the complexities of gendered identities and discrimination into account.

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