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María Balarin joins podcast about the authorship of research work carried out by women
María Balarin, Senior Researcher at GRADE and member of Grupo Sofía, Carmen Velezmoro, Vice Chancelor of Research at Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, and Gisella Orjeda, chair of the Association En Órbita, discuss the issues regarding the authorship of academic research work made by women. Podcast of Mujeres Que Transforman.
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Alan Sánchez’s research is selected in the 2018 INEI National Research Call
We congratulate our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, whose research, “Relationship between adolescent pregnancy and adolescent maternity and educational and labor outcomes: an approach based on data from the ENDES”, was selected in the 2018 National Research Call of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). List of winners here.
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Inequalities in social analysis. Carolina Trivelli writes about Grupo Sofía’s new book
“We look at reality from a male perspective, losing focus. Diversity is essential and the discussion between different visions is the fundamental exercise in social research.” Carolina Trivelli, senior researcher at the Institute of Peruvian Studies, writes in Peru21 about the new Sofia Group book, “Inequality in academy”.
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Inequality in academy, by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin
In the Peruvian social sciences, half of the university students are women. However, only one in three teachers and one in five media experts are women. Why do we see fewer women in academic events, media and in teaching and management positions? What can be done about it? We share the op-ed by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin, […]
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The discussion about those who matter the most, by Hugo Ñopo
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, addresses in Foco Económico the discussion around the new poverty numbers in Peru: “Having more urban poor than rural poor was the new that attracted the most attention. For the first time, the percentage of urban poor was statistically higher than 50%. What did not attract attention, because it is […]
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Book launch: Grupo Sofía presented “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences”
Grupo Sofía held the launch of its book “Inequality in academia: women in the Peruvian social sciences”, edited by Lorena Alcázar and María Balarin. The book includes chapters of researchers Patricia Ames, Norma Correa, Erika Busse, Roxana Barrantes, Patricia Ruiz-Bravo, Yamilé Guibert, Andrea Román, Aurora Escudero, Karen Espinoza and María Fernanda Rodríguez. They present rigorous evidence, until […]
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Martín Benavides has been appointed as head of Sunedu
Through the Supreme Resolution No. 008-2018-MINEDU, published in the official newspaper El Peruano, the Ministry of Education appointed our senior researcher on leave, Martin Benavides, as head of the National Superintendent of University Higher Education (Sunedu), after he resigned as member of its board of directors.
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Miguel Jaramillo addresses the state of labor informality in Peru
“The probability that a young person has a formal contract for an indefinite period of time is 2%. This is a serious problem. The most pertinent training for a young person is the one the firm gives him, but that occurrence has practically been cut. ” Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, spoke with RPP Noticias […]
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From the countryside to the city, by Hugo Ñopo
“The strategy of becoming a ‘country of entrepreneurs’ is not only ineffective in combating poverty, but it has negative impacts on our aggregate productivity. For poor households -the focus of our attention today- dependent employment is better less uncertainties.” Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, explains in El Comercio what is the new reality of Peruvian […]
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Hugo Ñopo: “For the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor”
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, explains in the new face of monetary poverty in Peru: “In 2017, for the first time, the number of urban poor is above the number of rural poor. (Although) the rate of rural poverty is higher than the urban poverty rate, there are many more people living in urban areas.” […]
