Development of Visual Teaching Material based on the Event to Encourage Female Students in STEM by Astrophysics Researchers

The realization of diversity and inclusive society is one of the important challenges, and it also needs to promote the activities of female researchers and engineers in Japan. However, the percentage of Japanese female students in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields, which form the population of such researchers and engineers, is low compared to the average of OECD countries.
We held an online talk event focused on nuclear astrophysics to show role models and encourage female students to choose a career path in STEM. We organized the event to coincide with the publication of the Japanese edition of “Women Scientists Who Made Nuclear Astrophysics,” a calendar produced by Dr. Maria Lugaro, Vice-Chair of COST Action ChETEC, and others. A female nuclear astrophysics researcher, one of the calendar’s authors, lectured at the event. The event was also navigated and talked together by a female astrophysicist, one of the calendar’s translated members.
We have developed a visual teaching material based on the event and provided it as YouTube. The event was held in Japanese, but we added English subtitles to disseminate globally. The material also discusses the social advancement of women. Therefore, such materials could contribute to encouraging female students in STEM.