Open AccessMujeres en STEM, un reto educativo
Author(s) -
Jessica Sandoval-Palomares,
Heraclio García-Cervantes,
Alan David Blanco-Miranda,
Didia Carillo-Hernández
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de sociología contemporánea
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2410-3985
DOI - 10.35429/jocs.2020.23.7.20.29
Subject(s) - acronym , perception , women in science , humanity , work (physics) , psychology , political science , public relations , sociology , gender studies , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , neuroscience , law
Science, technology and innovation are elements to respond to the challenges that must be faced, such as, among others, climate change, renewable energies, the nutrition of humanity, health and the administration of resources. Currently, women have a low percentage of representation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics majors, STEM, for its acronym in English; the gender gap persists in the labor issue, where companies are required to allow women to enter leadership positions. The ONU, to respond to this evident disparity, in 2015 establishes an international day to recognize the important role it has in science and technology, which is proclaimed on February 11 as International Day of Women and Girls in the Science. This research analyzes the perception of women who were trained in STEM careers, with the purpose of knowing their perception in six aspects, namely; Perception of their academic training, ability to learn and solve problems in STEM areas, social, educational or family support, academic training, satisfaction in their work and the work environment, gender stereotypes and the analysis of the skills or competencies required.