ABSTRACT
The number of women researchers has grown worldwide. However, gender inequalities persist in four aspects: women still represent a minority share in world science; they are concentrated in certain fields of knowledge; they predominate in early career levels; and they are underrepresented in deliberative positions of science and technology policies. At the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), despite the increase in women Research Productivity Scholars (PQ) in recent decades, the asymmetries remain. This study aims to discuss the asymmetries of gender and race in different fields of knowledge, particularly in Psychology, taking as an analyzer the distribution of grants (PQ) by the CNPq. Data made available by the CNPq and collected through SurveyMonkey were used. Gender inequalities in science persist in the Brazilian scientific system: women are a minority among the PQ/CNPq fellows, they are concentrated in disciplinary ghettos and face difficulties both to access the PQ system, and to reach the most prestigious scientific fellowships. In Psychology, despite their presence in all the scholarship modalities, they occupy proportionally fewer positions at the top of the career. In addition, there is the invisibility of black and indigenous women, which has its roots in the modern colonial project.
KEYWORDS
Science; Gender identity; Continental population groups; Psychology