This photo taken on August 22, 2024 shows people walking along a road lined with ginkgo trees at the University of Tokyo, also known as Todai, in Tokyo. Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university. After arriving on campus, she realised the resistance she faced as a woman was commonplace. She was surrounded by men: just one in 10 researchers at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women, and one in five students. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP)
