Leadership of Latin American women in the professional scientific and research context: an exploration based on the gender gap

• Autores: Vega Osuna, Luis Alfredo, Alvarado-Peña, Lisandro José, Vega Esparza, Reina Margarita, Murillo Castro, Ignacia, Muñoz Castorena, Rodolfo Valentín, Amaya Sauceda, Rosas Amadeo
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad del Pacífico
• Repositorio: UP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.up.edu.pe:11354/4151
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/11354/4151; https://doi.org/10.21678/jb.2023.2238
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Mujeres en la ciencia--América Latina; Liderazgo en mujeres--América Latina; Discriminación sexual en la ciencia--América Latina; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.02.04

Gender equality is clearly framed by and defined in the knowledge society in particular. Struggles towards all goals in this regard unfold in the context of a large gender gap and unequal distribution of power. These are circumstances in which women are clearly disadvantaged, facing obstacles in every aspect of their lives: family, relationships, education, and, therefore, work. Occupying senior leadership roles in institutions related to science and research remains an arduous task. The study takes a descriptive and analytical approach, drawing on official documents by international agencies such as UN, UNESCO, UN WOMEN, ECLAC, WB, IDB, and CODS as well as specialist websites. Title searches were carried out and variables identified through key words and phrases in recently published scientific articles found in open-access databases and scientific journals such as Scopus, WOS, SciELO, Redalyc. It found that intensive assertion of claims has resulted in the enshrinement of many women’s rights, the unconditional support of an array of international organizations, advances in narrowing the gender gap, and the positioning and leadership of women in professional scientific contexts, as part of the broader pursuit of parity between men and women.