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This paper aims to identify and analyze three female researchers beliefs about the impact exerted by their doctoral thesis writing process in three areas: academic, professional and personal. This is a qualitative narrative study. The instruments used to collect the data were digital narratives and semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed applying a grounded theory approach. Participants believe this process allowed them to raise their awareness about the meaning that the thesis writing process had on their academic, professional and personal development. This work aims to contribute to the study of the role of theses in the development of female researchers., Este trabajo tiene como finalidad identificar y analizar las creencias de tres investigadoras mexicanas acerca del impacto de la redacción de tesis doctoral en los ámbitos académico, profesional y personal. Esta investigación es un estudio de corte cualitativo narrativo. Los instrumentos empleados fueron narrativas digitales y entrevistas semiestructuradas. Los datos fueron analizados aplicando la metodología de teoría fundamentada. Las participantes refieren que pudieron tomar consciencia del significad que tuvo la tesis doctoral en su desarrollo académico, profesional y personal. Este trabajo pretende contribuir al estudio del papel de la tesis en el desarrollo académico, profesional y personal de mujeres investigadoras.

Gender Equality Office, initially started as a support office for female researchers, has been established in December 2007 and adopted in a model project of supporting activities for female researchers program of Japan Science and Technology Agency in 2008. The university must be a place where all students and staff can show their personality and potentiality to the full extent, irrespective of gender, based on a principle of Basic Act for Gender-Equal Society. In order to move this commitment forward specifically, the Gender Equality Office was launched under the direct command of President. The office has two fundamental tasks: work-life balance support and fostering the next generation of female researchers. Shindai-Sitter, specially trained students who received certification from the university, is one of the specific support systems to provide a research environment which enables staff members to balance work and childcare. Additionally, as part of measures to provide an environment where researchers can balance raising a child and conduct research without suffering a setback in their work, a supporting research staff will be provided eight hours a week.