WOMEN IN DECISION SPACES. CURRENT SCENARIO IN CHILEAN STATE UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

This study seeks to quantify the participation of women in decision-making spaces in Chilean State Universities, which are part of the State administration. These institutions have multiple functions aimed at building and sharing knowledge, contributing to the strengthening of democracy and the development of society. However, as institutions they are not exempt from stereotyped dynamics in the disciplinary and organizational spheres, leaving women in a position of underrepresentation in decision-making spaces, which is why the functions developed by the Universities are carried out from a single point of sight.

Therefore, a journey through the recent history of the Universities is developed, marked by the feminist mobilization of the year 2018, as well as a theoretical-referential framework that allows the understanding of the dynamics of subordination of women in the Universities. An analysis strategy is used that is extensive in nature for this descriptive study, which shows the proportions of women in rectories, boards of directors / superior councils, deanships and superior authorities, allowing to quantify the participation of women in decision-making spaces of the CUECH Universities.