Women in Undergraduate Careers and Graduate Programs at the National University of Asuncion (2013-2022)

Abstract

Women prevail in the national university system according to CONACYT data, 2022, also at the National University of Asunción (UNA), women are the majority. The work raises the question: What has been the level of participation of women in the composition of the UNA student population in the last decade? To answer this question, the following objectives are proposed: (i) characterize the UNA student population from access, enrollment and graduation from undergraduate and graduate programs; (ii) determine the evolution of enrollment rates. participation of women in the analyzed population; (iii) determine the ranking of undergraduate courses and postgraduate programs with the greatest presence of women and (iv) determine if there is a difference in the proportions by sex according to Faculty and area of ​​knowledge in the years 2013 and 2022. The study is exploratory and descriptive, the data analyzed corresponds to those published in the UNA Statistical Yearbook. Initially, a collection of secondary data from the literature was carried out. Subsequently, characterizations of the evolution of the UNA population by sex were carried out.