TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-cultural analysis on the gender equality perception as a driver for the future space workforce development
AU - Pellegrino, Alice
AU - Zucchelli, Marzia
AU - Angeletti, Federica
AU - Russo, Aloisia
AU - Gloder, Alessia
AU - Pancalli, Maria Giulia
AU - Vestito, Eleonora
AU - Yamazaki, Naoko
AU - Kawashima, Rei
AU - Otsuka, Akiko
AU - Ismail, Norilmi
AU - Nassisi, Annamaria
AU - Valente, Cristina
AU - Battagliere, Maria Libera
AU - Buongiorno, Maria Fabrizia
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to acknowledge the organization WIA-E for the support and encouragement, especially to all the members of the Italian LG of Rome. We would like to express our very great appreciation to UNISEC-Global and Sorajo organizations that provided us with the chance of organizing dedicated events for our research and helped us in sharing the survey in Japan. Moreover, we really appreciated the support of SGAC, SASA, AESA, Zonta e-Club of Italy and Euroavia Italian associations and their contribution in the sharing of the online Survey.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 by DLR-SART.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Workplace gender equality is achieved when people can access and enjoy the same rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of gender. However, creating a culture of equality in the working environment is a challenging goal likely to “not be attained for 99.5 years” (Workplace Gender Equality Agency). After the definition in September 2015 of “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals'' by the United Nations General Assembly, several international programs have been promoted to encourage a gender-inclusive environment, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In this framework, the Rome Local Group (LG) of Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) is collaborating with other international aerospace organizations to promote Gender Equality principles. As next step, WIA-E Rome LG started a cooperation with the Japanese women in aerospace organization (Sorajo) and UNISEC Global to overcome regional barriers and to promote activities for increasing the general awareness about dynamics and benefits of Gender Equality, recognized as fundamental for professional development. Consequently, an innovative approach was proposed to investigate how a different cultural environment could affect the Person Perception on Gender Inequality in the Aerospace sector (including professionals, researchers and students) to eventually identify the unconscious bias and highlight possible causes. In detail, this paper describes the results and outcomes obtained from the analysis of data collected during the dedicated “Gender Equality in Space Field” Panel Discussion, organized in December 2019 in Japan, and the online Round Table titled “Parità di Genere nell'ambito Aerospaziale Italiano”, organized in May 2020 in Italy. Finally, Pilot Survey was shared online in Italy and Japan to investigate the participants' responses and to highlight any possible similarities and differences between these two cultures. A better understanding of people's perspective and opinions about Gender Inequality is fundamental to define a suitable strategy aiming at proposing solutions to address gender inequality issues and support the future space workforce development in both countries.
AB - Workplace gender equality is achieved when people can access and enjoy the same rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of gender. However, creating a culture of equality in the working environment is a challenging goal likely to “not be attained for 99.5 years” (Workplace Gender Equality Agency). After the definition in September 2015 of “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals'' by the United Nations General Assembly, several international programs have been promoted to encourage a gender-inclusive environment, especially in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In this framework, the Rome Local Group (LG) of Women in Aerospace Europe (WIA-E) is collaborating with other international aerospace organizations to promote Gender Equality principles. As next step, WIA-E Rome LG started a cooperation with the Japanese women in aerospace organization (Sorajo) and UNISEC Global to overcome regional barriers and to promote activities for increasing the general awareness about dynamics and benefits of Gender Equality, recognized as fundamental for professional development. Consequently, an innovative approach was proposed to investigate how a different cultural environment could affect the Person Perception on Gender Inequality in the Aerospace sector (including professionals, researchers and students) to eventually identify the unconscious bias and highlight possible causes. In detail, this paper describes the results and outcomes obtained from the analysis of data collected during the dedicated “Gender Equality in Space Field” Panel Discussion, organized in December 2019 in Japan, and the online Round Table titled “Parità di Genere nell'ambito Aerospaziale Italiano”, organized in May 2020 in Italy. Finally, Pilot Survey was shared online in Italy and Japan to investigate the participants' responses and to highlight any possible similarities and differences between these two cultures. A better understanding of people's perspective and opinions about Gender Inequality is fundamental to define a suitable strategy aiming at proposing solutions to address gender inequality issues and support the future space workforce development in both countries.
KW - Aerospace
KW - Equality
KW - Perception
KW - STEM
KW - WIA-E
KW - Women
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85100930937
SN - 0074-1795
VL - 2020-October
JO - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
JF - Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC
T2 - 71st International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2020
Y2 - 12 October 2020 through 14 October 2020
ER -