International Day of Women and Girls in Science

Through its Resolution 70/212, in 2015 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed on February 11 as International Day of Women and Girls in Sciencehighlighting equality between women and men in the scientific field and the challenges of the 21st century in development, technology, creativity and sociocultural research.

In 2025, UNESCO commemorates this day for the tenth time with the meeting "The voice of women in science", which will take place at its headquarters in Paris.

According to the organization, “Despite the progress made in recent decades, even today only one in three researchers worldwide is a woman,” a disparity attributed to the numerous barriers that female scientists continue to face, which can hinder their progress in the field or discourage girls from pursuing scientific careers.

Dora Barrancos, a Principal Investigator at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) in Argentina, challenges patriarchal stereotypes and biases that tend to relegate women to a minority in scientific and technological knowledge. In a 2019 article published by CONICET, she argued that "patriarchal stereotypes and biases have defined scientific roles for men and domestic or 'domestic' tasks for women," clarifying that this has not prevented a historical record, largely since the mid-20th century, of women's persistent contributions to science and technology.

For the tenth consecutive year, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is being commemorated, established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, whose purpose is to strengthen the presence of women and girls in the science and technology communities.

Given that the scientific field has historically been configured around patriarchal logics, CLACSO-FOLEC celebrates policies, programs and initiatives that aim to guarantee the full and equitable integration of all marginalized women and gender identities in the academic field.

See FOLEC: International Day of Women and Girls in Science

In the InfoCLACSO of February 10, 2021, 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.