Scientific physics events in Brazil: female participation

TL;DR

This paper surveys female participation in Brazilian physics events from 2005 to 2021, highlighting increasing trends but persistent inequalities in leadership and speaking roles, and proposes measures to address these disparities.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed analysis of female participation in Brazilian physics events over 16 years and suggests strategies to improve gender equality.

Findings

Women participation has increased over time.

Women constitute less than 25% in most areas.

Participation as organizers and keynote speakers is consistently lower.

Abstract

We have carried out a partial survey on the female participation in events organized by the Brazilian Physical Society (SBF, in Portuguese) from 2005 to 2021. Our analysis shows that the participation of women has increased over the years, reaching in some areas, the same percentage as the one observed in the SBF community (always lower that 25\%). However, the participation as members of organizing committees and as keynote speakers is always lower. Some propositions to change this inequality situation are listed.