The number of women holding senior posts in science is not proportional to the number of women with scientific qualifications. It is also the case that the number of women in leading roles is growing very slowly, if at all.
Increasing the role of women in the system is an objective shared by numerous scientific institutions in Europe.
The Institució CERCA has taken a firm approach to this issue, bringing in specific measures to encourage the development of a gender perspective in Catalonia’s centres of research excellence.