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The present study establishes connections between science communication (SC) and social project management. The case of a SC event on gender equity in science with adolescents and female researchers is studied. Representative of a group of similar SC initiatives, the event is divided into six phases of a social project's life cycle, each of which is analyzed according to good management practices, identifying points where failure to apply these practices led to missed opportunities. In conclusion, it is recommended that SC projects do not fail to record and document their processes.

This paper investigates and analyzes the motivations of high school women students from Campeche, Mexico, to ingress in the “Taller de Ciencia para Jóvenes Campeche” (TCJ, Science Workshop for Young People in spanish), an initiative aimed at promoting scientific careers. Using the qualitative technique of content analysis, we infer how their experience in this workshop leads them to consider a scientific career in the future.

The text presents a critical review of the book Women in Science and Cinema, organized by Ana Carolina Vimieiro Gomes and Gustavo Rodrigues Rocha, published in 2024 to mark the 25th anniversary of Scientia – the Theory and History of Science Research Group at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). The book consists of chapters that explore a variety of audiovisual works portraying the lives and contributions of women in science or discussing themes related to the presence of women in the scientific enterprise.

This qualitative, documentary research analyzed the profile of recipients of Productivity in Research (PQ) grants in Science Communication (DC) from the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brazil. Data were collected from calls between 2013 and 2021 and curricula from the Lattes platform. The results indicated that women are the majority among PQ grant holders in DC. Most of them hold PQ-E grants, are concentrated in the Southeast, and have diverse educational backgrounds. The field of DC does not follow the trend of the PQ system, revealing a gender parity situation with a slight female advantage. However, this does not imply a favorable position for female researchers due to prevailing gender prejudices.

A fin de motivar vocaciones científicas entre niñas y jóvenes, y combatir las representaciones distorsionadas por los prejuicios y estereotipos de género dominantes, se diseñó una estrategia de comunicación de la ciencia para la visibilización de modelos femeninos en ‘STEM’. Presentamos los resultados obtenidos donde, mediante un diagnóstico de consumos mediáticos de consulta y preferencia de un grupo muestra, y una prueba piloto con adolescentes, se lograron datos cualitativos que facultaron la generación de contenidos para redes sociales integrando la ciencia, el diseño y el relato, pero sobre todo las preferencias de la audiencia.

En este artículo se presenta el desarrollo y la implementación de una propuesta didáctica basada en un juego orientado a visibilizar la vida y obra de científicas argentinas. Enmarcado dentro la Ley de Educación Sexual Integral, surgió como una manera lúdica de suplir la ausencia de referentes en el currículo. La iniciativa, única en Argentina, involucró a 26 docentes y 802 estudiantes de entre 10 y 15 años de edad que lograron apropiarse de las representaciones de las científicas y reconocer investigadoras en su entorno cercano a partir del desarrollo áulico de la actividad.

O artigo analisa a questão da representação de gênero na produção audiovisual de divulgação científica “Cosmos”. Tendo como objeto as duas versões da série: a original, de 1980, e sua nova gravação, de 2014. O trabalho pretende avaliar se “Cosmos”, em suas duas versões, serve como exemplo de que a representação feminina ganhou pluralidade e diversificação, nos últimos anos, rompendo com certos estereótipos. Para tanto, realizamos uma proposta de análise multimetodológica e revisão bibliográfica.