El derecho a ser científicas

Overview & Synopsis

What is needed to be a female scientist? What obstacles do women who want to pursue science face? How can we open paths so more girls and young women are able to achieve it? This book collects the voices of eight female scientists from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Spain, who share, from their personal experiences and reflections, how their interest in science originated, the challenges they have faced and the achievements they have accomplished along their professional careers. Their stories reflect not only a deep commitment to knowledge, but also their perseverance upon facing structural obstacles that continue to limit the access to the scientific realm to women. Within these stories that are told by their protagonists, actively and in control, is the motor of change for being able to enjoy science. Through their stories, we come to understand that the right of becoming a scientist is not only a matter of equity and justice: it is the key to moving forward in our societies and in our collective well-being. It’s and invitation to imagine new futures, to be inspired by those who are already opening the path and join the construction of the diverse and inclusive scientific endeavor. The right to be female scientists. This collection of essays was thought of for you, who perhaps is discovering what you’re passionate about, who asks If you too could form part of that universe that is called science. The answer is not written in only one story, but rather in all these voices that, upon uniting, invite you to find yours, because the future is also built with women in science.