Gender Gaps in Academic Trajectories in Uruguay
Training, Production and Access to Positions
Keywords:
gender inequalities, academic science, maternity, paternityAbstract
Despite progress in the participation of women in science, gender gaps persist in the advancement of their academic careers. This article analyzes the gender gaps in academic science in Uruguay by problematizing the influence of motherhood in critical dimensions such as postgraduate training, access to positions and bibliographic production. We combine various sources of information to build a database that allow us to understand how childcare responsibilities condition women's academic trajectories throughout their life course. This work highlights the accumulation of gender inequalities throughout academic careers. It is noted that gender gaps are almost nonexistent at the beginning of careers, they increase as women progress in them, and deepen when they become mothers. Although motherhood is not the only relevant factor in explaining gender gaps, caregiving responsibilities contribute to the widening and persistence of inequalities in science in Uruguay.
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