Women neurologist: a worldwide and Brazilian struggle

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Marleide Da Mota Gomes¹ 

关键词: women;    neurology;    neuroscience;    career;    mulher;    neurologia;    neurociência;    carreira;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2011000600022

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The main aim of this paper was to present some pioneer women neurologist, their struggle to pursue their career and the barriers mainly encountered at the beginning of their professional lives. It was also presented the progressive increasing of the feminine participation in medicine and in the neurology with study based on data of the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian Academy of Neurology. Their composition were analyzed according to gender, class and academic rank. In spite of this feminization, there is lack of a women's parallel advancement into leadership positions despite no visible barriers ("glass ceiling").

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