{"id":16218,"date":"2022-06-28T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T14:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/?p=16218"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:45:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:45:20","slug":"increasing-awareness-of-women-in-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cienciagandia.webs.upv.es\/en\/2022\/06\/increasing-awareness-of-women-in-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Increasing Awareness of Women in Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jobs in the fields of science, art or technology are frequently conditioned by gender stereotypes or the lack of visibility of women. This has limited the presence of women<\/strong> throughout the history of science, where women who have chosen the scientific field have been made invisible by the media, literature and education. For this reason, women have been prevented from occupying more important positions and there roles have been relegated to mere spectators. Meanwhile, their male counterpart have received all the recognition.<\/p>\n

Rebeca D\u00edez<\/a>, an expert in Audiovisual Communication at Campus Gandia of the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Val\u00e8ncia<\/a> (UPV<\/a>), and Ester Mic\u00f3<\/a>, a professor at the Universitat de les Illes Balears, have carried out a study with the aim of increasing the awareness of women in science<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The visibility of women in science is shown to be in danger due to both social and stereotypical factors. The authors emphasize that “women don’t feel empowered in the field of technology, science and art.” For this reason, a survey<\/strong> was carried out in which more than 500 students from different autonomous communities in the country (Valencian Community, Andalusia, Extremadura, Arag\u00f3n, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Galicia and Murcia) took part. The survey asked about the following aspects:<\/p>\n