title: [Women's participation in science].
abstract: The participation of women in higher education in Mexico took place in the late 19th and early 20th century. The rise of women's enrollment in universities known as the "feminization of enrollment" occurred in the last thirty years. In this review we analyze how the new conditions that facilitated better access to higher education are reflected in the inclusion of women in science. We include an overview of the issues associated with a change in the demographics of enrollment, segregation of academic areas between men and women and participation in post graduate degrees. We also review the proportion of women in science. While in higher education the ratio between male and women is almost 50-50 and in some areas the presence of women is even higher, in the field of scientific research women account for barely 30% of professionals. This is largely due to structural conditions that limit the access of women to higher positions of power that have been predominantly taken by men.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Violencia y Género, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía Manuel Velasco Suárez, México D.F., México.
authors.forename: María Alejandra
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Guzmán
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Corona-Vázquez
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008800:Mexico; D012586:Science / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*; D014930:Women / Q000193:education* / Q000266:history*