International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Through its Resolution 70/212, in 2015 UNESCO proclaimed February 11 as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, highlighting equality between women and men in the scientific field and the challenges of the 21st century in development, technology, creativity and sociocultural research.
Less than 30% of scientific researchers worldwide are women. Against this backdrop of historical advancements in technology and science, Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, stated: “The world cannot deprive itself of the potential, intelligence, and creativity of the thousands of women who are victims of such deeply rooted inequalities and prejudices.”
On the other hand, Dora Barranco, an Argentinian Principal Investigator and current member of the board of the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) in the area of Social Sciences and Humanities, questioned the stereotypes and patriarchal biases where "women always tend to be a minority" in scientific and technological knowledge.
In a note published by Conicet of Argentina in 2019, Dora Barrancos added that “stereotypes and patriarchal biases delimited, on the one hand, scientific tasks for men and domestic or 'sex-specific' tasks for women,” and clarifies that this did not prevent the existence of a historical record, mostly since the middle of the last century, of the persistent contribution of women in science and technology.
In the InfoCLACSO of February 10, Laura Rovelli, Coordinator of the Latin American Forum on Scientific Evaluation (FOLEC) of CLACSO, referred to the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
CLACSO TV Archive
Marta González: "Women's contributions to science are made invisible."
Rodrigo Arocena: "Today, knowledge is a factor of inequality."
CLACSO Library Archive
Women intellectuals: Feminisms and liberation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Feminist research: epistemology, methodology, and social representations
Women researchers at UNAM: academic work, productivity and quality of life
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