Eva Alcón urges young women to work for their economic independence, in their personal autonomy and to develop critical thinking.



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## Eva Alcón urges young women to work for their economic independence, in their personal autonomy and to develop critical thinking. The rector explains that "there is a regressive discourse to which we have to be alert".

22/01/2019 |
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The rector of the Universitat Jaume I, Eva Alcón, has participated in the breakfast organized by the Real Casino Antiguo de Castelló, under the title "Women with power". Amparo Marco, mayor of Castelló, Soledad Ten, subdelegate of the Government, Lola Guillamón, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Ana Ulloa, director of the Port of Castelló have taken part along with Alcón.

Eva Alcón has reviewed her trajectory up to the position of rector and has recognized that she has had to overcome some obstacles to develop her academic career for being a woman. In this sense, she has especially highlighted "the personal cost that women have to pay in order to develop professionally" and has urged women, especially the youngest ones, to work in favour of their economic independence, in their personal autonomy and in developing critical thinking.

Asked if it is necessary to establish quotas to encourage the participation of women in different areas, the rector has explained that "women have to gain access to positions for their worth, just like men, but it is evident that they start from a disadvantageous situation. Gender differences still exist in our society, at work, in the family, in all walks of life. In order to reverse this situation, the quota system, which is not incompatible with personal merit, has served to reverse unfair situations, because sometimes, if you don't force the system, it is very difficult for it to change, or for it to do so at the appropriate speed, and the only possible lever of change is education, because all change must come from society itself.

The rector has also analysed the current situation in terms of equality, and although she has explained that in recent years considerable progress has been made in the area of equality, she has warned that "there is a regressive discourse to which we have to be alert. Real equality has not yet been achieved and certain positions want to cut rights that have taken many years to achieve, and therefore we can not lower our guard".

Finally, Eva Alcón has also addressed the shortage of women studying for technical degrees at university. "Nowadays, women are the majority in university classrooms, but they are assembled in certain degrees, while in others they are still a minority. Among them are degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, which have a very masculine bias. On the contrary, degrees such as Health Sciences or Teaching have a notably feminine bias. It seems that the University reproduces in its studies the social vision that careers related to care are more linked to women, while techniques are more linked to men. And that's a mistake.

"It is fundamental to change the social vision that women are more suitable for some studies than for others. We can make any career. At university, we know this, but we have to make that this message reach schools, institutes and, above all, families and young women themselves, who have to be aware of it," said the rector. "If we lose women to science, we are losing half of the human intelligence in an area from whose results we all benefit. Incorporating women into STEM degrees on equal terms is a requisite for the advance in scientific knowledge and for the progress of our society," he concluded.

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