Inequality of Access to the Science Without Borders Program: A Dialogue with the Perspective of Gender Studies

Abstract

This article proposes to present and discuss part of a broader research, exposing the sociological profile of the Science Without Borders scholarship holder from the perspective of the sexual division in the areas of knowledge and international academic mobility. The focus includes the analysis of the participation of women in this mobility, within the country, and narrows in more detail on the empirical campus of the study, which is the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The central discussion addresses the percentage of women who participated in the CSF, asking the possible reasons that impacted this participation both from the perspective of the literature that investigates the sexual division in scientific research in Brazil and linguistic proficiency. In addition, a comparison is made between the female contingent of fellows in the CSF and other academic mobility programs in the world.