The number of female researchers in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased in the last few years. However, the inequality between men and women in different areas of science as well as gender and cultural stereotypes are challenges that women face throughout their academic life.
Worldwide different organizations offer professional or support networks.
Support networks allow women to share their common experiences and it has become a way to address this inequality. The aim of this study was to identify the impact of support networks of women in science.
In this study, we conducted a survey in order to collect demographic data, professional trajectory and information about the networks and their influence.
This is the first study evaluating support networks' impact on Ecuadorian women scientists. Our results suggest that they can generate resistance and change individually and collectively in young Ecuadorian researchers.