Science Summer Camp for High School Girls

Abstract

The “Science Summer Camp for Highschool Girls” started in 2005 and has been held every summer with an expanded number of participants since 2007. The National Women’s Education Center (NWEC) and the Japan Inter-Society Liaison Association Committee for Promoting Equal Participation of Men and Women in Science and Engineering (EPMEWSE) have taken the lead in receiving subsidies from the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). The scientific career promotion support working group for junior and senior high school girls was established in 2015 in EPMEWSE. I have run the Summer Studies Executive Committee as its representative. The manuscript introduces the history and characteristics of summer camp, their involvement with EPMEWSE, their achievements, and new developments.