International Day of Women and Girls in Science 11 February

The Misión Biológica de Galicia joins to the celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Our Institute currently have a majority presence of women in our staff. The Direcctor and Manager staff are women, four of the six investigation groups are directed by women, and the two departmentes involving them are directed by women..

Attending to the contract type or the employment relationship:

	WOMEN	MEN	% women
Research Proffesor	1	1	50%
Research Scientists	3	2	60%
Tenured Scientists	2	4	33%
Ramón y Cajal hired	0	2	0%
In training (all types)	6	4	60%
In training (only predocs FPI/FPU))	2	0	100%
In training (remaining)	4	4	50%
Technical staff	20	5	80%
Management	7	9	44%
TOTAL	39	27	59%

Press here to read more about adoption of the resolution A/RES/70/212 declaring 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Other entities joined to this initiative:

• Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (CSIC).
• Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (CSIC).
• Universidad de La Rioja.
• Asociación Con / Ciencia.
• Iniciativa 11 de febrero.