Las mujeres en la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México: análisis de su inserción y ubicación en la élite médica / Women members of the Mexican National Academy of Medicine: an analysis of their membership and place in the medical elite

RESUMEN

Se analiza la inserción de la mujer en la Academia Nacional de Medicina de México (ANM), un ámbito originalmente masculino, y las características del grupo femenino. Hasta el año 2006, la ANM tenía 536 académicos, de los cuales 62 eran mujeres. Se investigó fecha de ingreso a la ANM y edad en ese momento, edad actual, si tenían hijos, el departamento y área donde se ubicaban y su pertenencia al Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI). Se identificó que las académicas planean sus carreras, son competitivas, buscan y ocupan posiciones de poder, pero las cuestiones de género aún determinan sus decisiones profesionales.

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes women's admission to Mexico's National Academy of Medicine (NAM) originally an all-male institution. We describe the demographic characteristics of female members of the NAM. By the year 2006, the NAM had 536 academic members, 62 of them were women. Data gathered included date of entry to the NAM, members' age at time of admission, current age, whether they had children and the field and or area to which they were assigned. We also analyzed membership to the [quot ]National System of Researchers[quot ] (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI). Women admitted to the NAM were all competitive scholars who planned their career choices, sought and achieved positions of power yet gender issues still determined their professional careers.