The presence of women in physics in Uruguay

In this paper we describe the presence of women in physics in Uruguay. At the lower academic and research levels in physics, the distribution is about 2:1 men to women, similar to the distribution in physics graduate students. The difference becomes more pronounced at the higher academic and researc...

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Main Authors: Frins Erna, Auyuanet Adriana, Cabeza Cecilia, Stari Cecilia, Kahan, Sandra, Renom Madeleine
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Colleges & universities
Physicists
Physics
Women
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Summary:In this paper we describe the presence of women in physics in Uruguay. At the lower academic and research levels in physics, the distribution is about 2:1 men to women, similar to the distribution in physics graduate students. The difference becomes more pronounced at the higher academic and research levels. At the highest level there are no women. We also present some data to compare physics with other science fields. In recent years the state university and main national funding agency (ANII) have made some efforts to promote the presence of women in sciences. However, these efforts have not yet shown acceptable results.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4937693