Gender inequities in herpetology: the case of the Argentine community
Women in scientific fields have achieved meaningful gains in terms of participation, and they even reached gender parity in Argentina. However, in spite of several documented attempts to close the gender gap, inequalities still remain in different academic areas. Considering that disciplines have de...
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Ciencias Sociales Zoología Gender Gap Science Female Representation AHA Congress Participation Brecha de Género Ciencia Representación Femenina Participación en Congresos |
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Ciencias Sociales Zoología Gender Gap Science Female Representation AHA Congress Participation Brecha de Género Ciencia Representación Femenina Participación en Congresos Chuliver, Mariana Grosso, Jimena Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Fratani, Jessica Ferraro, Daiana Paola Duport-Bru, Ana Sofía Schneider, Rosío Gabriela Casagranda, María Dolores Pereyra, Laura Natalin Vicente4, María José Salica9, Medina, Regina Gabriela Bessa, Carla Adriana Semhan, Romina Valeria Vera, Miriam Corina Gender inequities in herpetology: the case of the Argentine community |
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Women in scientific fields have achieved meaningful gains in terms of participation, and they even reached gender parity in Argentina. However, in spite of several documented attempts to close the gender gap, inequalities still remain in different academic areas. Considering that disciplines have developed under different historical contexts and institutional settings, it is relevant to describe gender equality indicators for them. This could also lead us to a better understanding of the mechanisms modelling global patterns of gender bias. Here we present a detailed analysis on gender proportion in different roles that researchers perform in the Argentine herpetological community. We gathered data on gender composition of the director boards and active members of the Argentine Association of Herpetology, and the organizing committees and participants of the Argentine Congress of Herpetology. We also performed a survey on gender topics to the attendants to the 20th Argentine Congress of Herpetology. Our main results pointed out a low number of women in the highest positions of the community hierarchy, such as chair positions in the AHA and conferences and symposia in congress. This leads to a lesser visibility of women in contrast to men, and is a potential reason for the low number of female herpetologists as role models. Furthermore, we detected low numbers of female herpetologists with long academic paths, depicting a major drop out of women along their careers. Gender bias in science has a strong hierarchical component and this pattern was recovered in different scientific activities within herpetology. In this sense, directed actions and targeted policies are required to guarantee the access of women to power positions and for the promotion or retention for senior female researchers. Identifying the weakest points in terms of gender equality, and the areas where gender biases are historically established is necessary to build a more egalitarian community. |
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Chuliver, Mariana Grosso, Jimena Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Fratani, Jessica Ferraro, Daiana Paola Duport-Bru, Ana Sofía Schneider, Rosío Gabriela Casagranda, María Dolores Pereyra, Laura Natalin Vicente4, María José Salica9, Medina, Regina Gabriela Bessa, Carla Adriana Semhan, Romina Valeria Vera, Miriam Corina |
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Chuliver, Mariana Grosso, Jimena Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Fratani, Jessica Ferraro, Daiana Paola Duport-Bru, Ana Sofía Schneider, Rosío Gabriela Casagranda, María Dolores Pereyra, Laura Natalin Vicente4, María José Salica9, Medina, Regina Gabriela Bessa, Carla Adriana Semhan, Romina Valeria Vera, Miriam Corina |
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Gender inequities in herpetology: the case of the Argentine community |
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I19-R120-10915-1680392024-07-19T20:02:54Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/168039 Gender inequities in herpetology: the case of the Argentine community Chuliver, Mariana Grosso, Jimena Fontanarrosa, Gabriela Fratani, Jessica Ferraro, Daiana Paola Duport-Bru, Ana Sofía Schneider, Rosío Gabriela Casagranda, María Dolores Pereyra, Laura Natalin Vicente4, María José Salica9, Medina, Regina Gabriela Bessa, Carla Adriana Semhan, Romina Valeria Vera, Miriam Corina 2021-09 2024-07-19T16:27:58Z en Ciencias Sociales Zoología Gender Gap Science Female Representation AHA Congress Participation Brecha de Género Ciencia Representación Femenina Participación en Congresos Women in scientific fields have achieved meaningful gains in terms of participation, and they even reached gender parity in Argentina. However, in spite of several documented attempts to close the gender gap, inequalities still remain in different academic areas. Considering that disciplines have developed under different historical contexts and institutional settings, it is relevant to describe gender equality indicators for them. This could also lead us to a better understanding of the mechanisms modelling global patterns of gender bias. Here we present a detailed analysis on gender proportion in different roles that researchers perform in the Argentine herpetological community. We gathered data on gender composition of the director boards and active members of the Argentine Association of Herpetology, and the organizing committees and participants of the Argentine Congress of Herpetology. We also performed a survey on gender topics to the attendants to the 20th Argentine Congress of Herpetology. Our main results pointed out a low number of women in the highest positions of the community hierarchy, such as chair positions in the AHA and conferences and symposia in congress. This leads to a lesser visibility of women in contrast to men, and is a potential reason for the low number of female herpetologists as role models. Furthermore, we detected low numbers of female herpetologists with long academic paths, depicting a major drop out of women along their careers. Gender bias in science has a strong hierarchical component and this pattern was recovered in different scientific activities within herpetology. In this sense, directed actions and targeted policies are required to guarantee the access of women to power positions and for the promotion or retention for senior female researchers. Identifying the weakest points in terms of gender equality, and the areas where gender biases are historically established is necessary to build a more egalitarian community. Las mujeres han logrado avances significativos en cuanto a su participación en el campo científico y en Argentina incluso han alcanzado la paridad de género. Sin embargo, a pesar de varios intentos documentados de cerrar la brecha de género, las desigualdades aún persisten en varias áreas académicas. Considerando que distintas disciplinas se han desarrollado bajo diferentes contextos históricos y escenarios institucionales, resulta relevante describir los indicadores de equidad para las mismas. Esto además puede conducir a una mejor comprensión de los mecanismos que modelan los patrones globales de sesgo de género. En el presente trabajo presentamos un análisis detallado sobre la proporción de género en diferentes roles que desempeñan los/las investigadores/ as en la comunidad herpetológica argentina. Recogimos datos sobre la composición por género de las comisiones y los miembros activos de la Asociación Herpetológica Argentina, y de los comités organizadores y los participantes del Congreso Argentino de Herpetología. Además, realizamos una encuesta sobre temas de género a los asistentes al XX Congreso Argentino de Herpetología. Nuestros principales resultados señalaron un bajo número de mujeres en los puestos de mayor jerarquía dentro de la comunidad, tales como presidencias en la AHA y participación en conferencias y simposios en congresos. Esto conduce a una menor visibilidad de las mujeres en comparación con los científicos varones y es una posible razón del número comparativamente bajo de herpetólogas como mentoras o modelos a seguir. Además, detectamos un bajo número de herpetólogas con trayectorias de larga duración, lo que indicaría una importante deserción a lo largo de sus carreras. El sesgo de género en ciencia presenta un fuerte componente jerárquico y este patrón se recuperó en diferentes actividades científicas dentro del campo de la herpetología. En este sentido, se requieren acciones dirigidas y políticas focalizadas para garantizar el acceso de las mujeres a puestos de toma de decisiones/mayor exposición y para la promoción o retención de investigadoras senior. Identificar los puntos más débiles en términos de igualdad de género y las áreas donde los prejuicios de género están históricamente establecidos es necesario para construir una comunidad más igualitaria. Asociación Herpetológica Argentina Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) application/pdf 195-205 |