Silvina Ponce Dawson and Karen Hallberg

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Women in Physics in Argentina

• Silvina Ponce Dawson and Karen Hallberg
• Physics Dept. FCEN University of Buenos Aires
• Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro

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Students

• Percentage of female students at undergraduate
  and graduate levels at the Universities (average
  over the last 10 years)

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In total there are 14 Universities with Physics
Faculties. In the average 28 of the total
amount of graduates are women.
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PhD students

• Evolution at the University of Buenos Aires

• Evolution at the Instituto Balseiro

4
Scholarships
Mainly granted by CONICET (National Research
Council for ST, similar to the French CNRS). The
data are for doctoral and postdoctoral positions
in 2001.
Women/total(39/151)
5
Academic positions
Evolution in recent years, at some Universities

La Plata, Rosario, I. Balseiro, del Centro de
Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata
6
Present distribution of women in academic
positions in several Universities

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Research Positions
Evolution of research positions in CONICET

8
Decision making

National Research Council CONICET

• National Agency for ST

Includes national and foreign researchers
working in Argentina or abroad
9
Grants and Projects

• CONICET funded projects

• Average in recent years

• National Agency funded projects

includes Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
10
Others
Women/total259/880

• Members of the
• Argentine Physics Association

• Atomic Energy Commission

Women/total46/184
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Women in Science in Argentina
Age and gender distribution of researchers and
PhD students in 1999 (all sciences) (Source
SETCYP)
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Conclusions
The population of women physicists in Argentina
is definitely low, especially in high academic,
research and decision-making positions. While on
average 30 undergraduate and 26 graduate
students are female, the percentage in higher
positions decreases from 16 to 6 (academic) and
from 30 to 7 (research) as the level
increases. In addition between 10 and 13
projects in Physics have a female director and
only 10 to 14 women are in decision-making
positions.
More statistics in http//www.df.uba.ar/silvina/w
omen/datos_mujeres.html We acknowledge the
contribution of M. Gil, M. Caracoche, I. Casper,
P. Levstein, H. Lanza, L. Rojana, L. Bruno, G.
Dussel, R. Bolmaro and F. Tamarit