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The Miyako, WLB Promotion Center
Under the initiative of the president of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (KPUM), Gender Equality Promotion Center was founded in July 2010 to provide a supporting environment in which female researchers can fulfill their potentials and to advance gender equality.
The name of the center has changed to “The Miyako, WLB(Work-Life Balance) Promotion Center” in April 2019, since we have advanced new perspectives in response to recent social changes.
The center will continue to promote the creation of a comfortable working environment where workers of all genders can enthusiastically devote themselves to their research activities and work duties—in order to balance work and family for a fulfilling life and realize the promising future.
Public Relations and Enlightnement
● Planning and holding seminars and symposia
● Sharing information via website
● Issurance of newsletters
● Counseling service regarding WLB
Support for Childcare |
Nursery Room for Sick Children "Kogamo"
Child rearing is a major topic affecting the careers of female researchers and medical staff. Having an access to sick child care service when their children develop sudden fever or fall ill provides them a feeling of security. Researchers can concentrate on their research and medical staff do not have to hand over their assignments even when their children are sick.
| Eligibility for Use | Children of employees and researchers of Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation (incl. limited term employees) and Kyoto citizens |
| Qualifying Age | Children from 6 months old to the 6th year of elementary school |
| Open Days | Mondays – Fridays
(Exc. national holidays and year end and new year holidays)
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| Open Hours | 7:45am - 5:30pm |
| Registration Fee per Year | JPY2,000 (first time)
JPY1,000 (renewal)
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| Usage Fee per Child |
JPY2,000 a day |
Day-care Center for Infants "Kusunoki"
KPUM has set up a childcare facility on its premises to support our researchers and medical staff, etc., to maintain a good research/work and childcare balance. The facility is being managed under contract by a private company.
| Eligibility for Use | Children of employees and researchers of Kyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation (incl. limited term employees) |
| Qualifying Age | Children from 57 days old to under 3 years old |
| Open Days | Mondays – Saturdays
(Exc. national holidays and year end and new year holidays)
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| Open Hours |
7:30am - 6:30pm
(Extended care – 9:00pm on Tuesdays and Fridays)
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| Capacity | 26 |
Discount Coupons for the Babysitter/Childcare
KPUM provides our employees, faculty and staff members a support for the use of babysitting/childcare services to help them balancing the demands of work and child-rearing. We issues discount coupons (JPY2,200 per coupon) that can be used to help the payment for babysitting services provided by eligible babysitting service providers.
| Eligibility for Use | Empoyees of KPUM (incl. limited term emplowho are unable to work without using babysitting services for reasons such as: their spouse is working or receiving medical treatment, they are a single parent, etc. |
| Qualifying Age | Children aged up to the 3rd year of elementary school |
| Maximum number of coupons per child | 2 coupons a day |
✧ How to use
Lactation Room・Resting Room for Female Workers
| Eligibility for Use |
Empoyees of KPUM
（incl. limited term employees and temporary staff）
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| Location |
Inform to only applicants for security reasons
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Support for Work-Life Balance |
Support for Hiring Research Assistants
This program covers the costs to hire research assistants or “research support staff” for continuing research, in order to allow researchers to balance their research activities with pregnancy, childbirth, childcare, nursing care, illness and other life events.
Future-step Researchers (Reduced Working Hours)
“Future-step researchers” were introduced in 2012 as a flexible work style that supports researchers to balance work and family life. The researchers will be able to reduce their workload under the system, but will be able to continue their careers, thus preventing their research from being interrupted while bearing and raising children.
Support for Young Researchers |
Financial Support for Childcare, Nursing Care and House Chores
When researchers and medical staff use services and supports such as babysitting/childcare, household assistance program, nurseryroom for sick children (except using “Kogamo”) and nursing care for the first time ever, we offer financial support, so they can easily access those service.
| Eligibility for Use |
Employees, fellows and students of KPUM
（incl. limited term employees）
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| Subsidy amount | Maximum of JPY20,000, one-time-only |
WLB Miyako Award
By honoring an exceptional female researcher, the WLB Miyako Award encourages the researcher and the following young female researchers, hence they improve their research motivation.
Furthermore, we foster bearers of female researchers and vitalize academics activities at KPUM.
| Applicant Eligibility |
A female researcher who has received a doctoral degree (except above the lecturer) and has published 3 papers or more as the first author. The awardee has to attend the award ceremony and make a presentation
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| Extra Prize | JPY100,000 (1 recipient) |
WLB Young Investigator's Award
By honoring exceptional young researchers (all genders) who balance research/work life and family life, the WLB Young Investigator's Award encourages the researchers to contribute advancely in medical science and live a fulfilling life.
Furthermore, we foster bearers of young researchers and vitalize academics activities at KPUM.
| Applicant Eligibility |
A Ph.D. student under the age of 40. Awardees have to attend the award ceremony and make a presentation
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| Extra Prize | JPY50,000 (2 recipient) |
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