Is there gender equity in production engineering? Report of women engineers trained in the period from 2011 to 2018

Fernanda Cristina Silva Ferreira; Graciela Alessandra Della Rocca; Mareli Graupe; José Adelir Wolf; Nathielle Waldrigues Branco

doi:10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss1.3591

Authors

Fernanda Cristina Silva Ferreira Universidade do Planalto Catarinense
Graciela Alessandra Della Rocca
Mareli Graupe https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-7836
José Adelir Wolf
Nathielle Waldrigues Branco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol10.iss1.3591

Keywords:

women, production engineering, gender equity, labor market

Abstract

This article aims to identify the challenges that women engineers face in their field of work. The main theoretical references are: Silva (1992), Hirata; Kergoat (2007), Carvalho; Casagrande (2011); Carvalho (2008); Casagrande et al. (2004); Lombardi (2006a, 2006b); Cabral; Bazzo (2005); Lime; Souza (2011); among others. It is a qualitative-quantitative research and data were collected through questionnaires. The 69 women who graduated from 2011 to 2018 were invited to participate in the survey. Of these 33 answered the instrument. The data show that women engineers experience gender discrimination, sexism, racism and sexual and moral harassment in their work field. Finally, these women, in 2019, reported cases of gender inequality experienced in the labor market. In this perspective, the study points out the following strategies to fight gender discrimination in the production engineering course: - include publications by renowned engineers in the teaching plans; - discuss with students and professors of the course about gender equity in the labor market.

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Author Biography

Fernanda Cristina Silva Ferreira, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense

Dept. of Engineering

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