“Out of place”: Ecuadorian women in science and engineering programs.
Part of a special issue on women and popular classes in struggle in Ecuador. The writers examine the enormous increase in the number of female students in Ecuadorian universities over the past two decades. Although women made up just over a third of enrollment growth in Ecuadorian higher education...
| Publicado en: | Latin American Perspectives Vol. 24; pp. 81 - 90 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
July 1997
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