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<journal-title>ABC Imagem Cardiovascular</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Arq Bras Cardiol: Imagem cardiovasc.</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">2675-312X</issn>
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<publisher-name>Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="other">abcimg.20230078i</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36660/abcimg.20230078i</article-id>
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<subject>Editorial</subject>
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<title-group><article-title>Women Representation in Scientific Publications</article-title></title-group>
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<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-9131-0439</contrib-id>
<name><surname>Frota</surname><given-names>Daniela do Carmo Rassi</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref> 
<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c1"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-9236-3815</contrib-id>
<name><surname>Hotta</surname><given-names>Viviane Tiemi</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"><sup>3</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"><sup>4</sup></xref>
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<institution content-type="orgname">Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goi&#xE1;s</institution>
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<named-content content-type="city">Goi&#xE2;nia</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">GO</named-content></addr-line>
<country country="BR">Brazil</country>
<institution content-type="original">Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goi&#xE1;s, Goi&#xE2;nia, GO &#x2013; Brazil</institution></aff>
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<named-content content-type="city">Goi&#xE2;nia</named-content>
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<institution content-type="orgname">HC-FMUSP</institution>
<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Instituto do Cora&#xE7;&#xE3;o</institution>
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<named-content content-type="city">S&#xE3;o Paulo</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content></addr-line>
<country country="BR">Brazil</country>
<institution content-type="original">Instituto do Cora&#xE7;&#xE3;o, HC-FMUSP, S&#xE3;o Paulo, SP &#x2013; Brazil</institution></aff>
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<institution content-type="orgname">Grupo Fleury</institution>
<institution content-type="orgdiv1">Fleury Medicina e Sa&#xFA;de</institution>
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<named-content content-type="city">S&#xE3;o Paulo</named-content>
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<author-notes><corresp id="c1"><bold>Mailing Address: Daniela do Carmo Rassi Frota</bold> &#x2022; Hospital S&#xE3;o Francisco de Assis, Ecocardiografia. Rua 9A. Postal code: <postal-code>74075-250</postal-code>. Goi&#xE2;nia, GO &#x2013; Brazil E-mail: <email>dani.rassi@hotmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub">
<day>13</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2023</year></pub-date>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="collection">
<year>2023</year></pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<issue>4</issue>
<elocation-id>e20230078</elocation-id>
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<title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>Women</kwd>
<kwd>Scientific and Technical Activities</kwd>
<kwd>Scientific Communication and Diffusion</kwd>
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<p>In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly named February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This date has been celebrated since 2016, with the aims of raising awareness of women&#x27;s excellence in science and reminding the international community that science and gender equality must advance hand in hand.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
<p>Data from the United Nations and UNESCO indicate that women represent less than 30% of researchers worldwide and demonstrate how barriers and underrepresentation of women and girls still persist, especially in areas such as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
<p>To this day, the overload of domestic work and family care leaves women at a disadvantage in academia, generating disparities not only in the development of studies and the publication of articles, but also in representation among researchers, which is crucial for a more comprehensive discussion and for the diversity of the topics chosen for study. Cultural, social, and economic factors and beliefs can limit the educational opportunities available to women, further discouraging their participation in scientific research.</p>
<p>Notwithstanding some actions, gender inequality is still predominant in science. Although men and women hold approximately the same number of bachelor&#x27;s and master&#x27;s degrees, at the highest academic ranks, the balance is tipped in favor of male scientists. In the European Union and the United States, only 20% and 21% of full professors are women, respectively. This number is even lower for natural science professors.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
<p>Regarding representativeness in clinical trials, a study conducted by Denby et al. demonstrated that women constituted only 10.1% of clinical trial leadership committees. This number was substantially lower than the already low proportion of women doctors or researchers in the cardiovascular therapeutic area. In 55.5% of leadership committees, there was no female representation, and publications of cardiovascular clinical trials had women in only 9.3% of the first or 10.0% of the last author position.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup></p>
<p>Prior studies suggest that gender diversity in research teams can produce higher quality research. Greater visibility of women in clinical trial leadership roles could increase recruitment of female participants and attract more women investigators to cardiovascular clinical research. A vicious cycle has been observed for women in academic medicine, with the exclusion of women leading to further exclusion, lack of recognition, and slow rates of promotion.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup></p>
<p>When bringing this analysis and discussion to the Cardiovascular Imaging Department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, we observed a different scenario from the one reported regarding the number of women as first or last authors of articles published between 2017 and 2022 in <italic>ABC Cardiovascular Imaging</italic>. Women were the majority during this period, with the exception of 2018 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f1">Figure 1</xref>).</p>
<fig id="f1"><label>Figure 1</label>
<caption><title>Number of articles published in ABC Cardiovascular Imaging with women as first and/or last authors, from 2017 to 2022.</title></caption>
<graphic xlink:href="2675-312X-dic-36-04-e20230078-gf01.tif"/></fig>
<p>In relation to the position of women as editor-in-chief, a study conducted by Pinho Gomes et al. examined the representation of women and men. The analysis included 41 medical categories and used data from the 2019 Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Journal Citation Reports. The results indicated a significant underrepresentation of women, corresponding to only 1 in 5 editors-in-chief of the leading medical journals. Some categories had no female editors-in-chief (dentistry, oral surgery, and medicine; allergy; psychiatry; anesthesiology; and ophthalmology), while others had a greater presence of women as editors-in-chief (primary health care, microbiology, and genetics and heredity). In 27 of the 41 categories, women represented less than a third of editors-in-chief, for example, 1 in 10 for critical care medicine, 2 in 10 for gastroenterology and hepatology, and 3 in 10 for endocrinology and metabolism.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
<p>The journal <italic>ABC Cardiovascular Imaging</italic> has had 17 editors since 1988, and 5 of them were women (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f2">Figure 2</xref>): Vera Marcia Lopes Gimenes (1994 to 1996; 2008 to 2009), Cl&#xE1;udia Gianini Monaco (2003 to 2004), Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues (2014 to 2015), Viviane Tiemi Hotta (2018 to 2019), and Daniela do Carmo Rassi Frota (2022 to 2023). Women currently represent 45% of the journal&#x27;s associate editor positions.</p>
<fig id="f2"><label>Figure 2</label>
<caption><title>2023 Congress of the Cardiovascular Imaging Department with the editors-in-chief of ABC Cardiovascular Imaging</title></caption>
<graphic xlink:href="2675-312X-dic-36-04-e20230078-gf02.tif"/></fig>
<p>Increasing representation of women on editorial boards, especially in editor-in-chief positions, is crucial to combating the inequalities present in academic publishing and academia in general. The underrepresentation of women in these positions is the result of several factors. First, women tend to decline invitations to editorial positions due to the expectation that these positions could interfere with family and/or professional commitments. This is related to the unequal distribution of responsibilities, where women often have more unpaid obligations and bear greater burdens or even the sole responsibility for mental work in domestic and family care. This uneven load can limit the time available for research and leadership. Furthermore, career interruptions, such as maternity leave, and gender bias contribute to hindering women&#x27;s professional progression.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
<p>Unconscious gender bias also devalues women&#x27;s academic performance and perpetuates stereotypes that exclude women from leadership positions, including editor-in-chief. The lack of mentoring and appropriate female role models also negatively impacts women&#x27;s advancement in academic careers. It is essential to increase the presence of women on editorial boards, especially as editors-in-chief, in order to address these deeply rooted inequalities. The presence of a female editor-in-chief is linked to greater representation of women on editorial and advisory boards, as well as in peer review. Given that editors-in-chief are often chosen from editorial boards, addressing the underrepresentation of women on these boards is a priority for achieving gender parity in leadership positions.</p>
<p>To achieve gender equality, it is necessary to act early, showing young girls how important it is to have a profession and providing good examples of scientifically successful women. The lack of female mentors and role models in cardiology has been repeatedly cited as a potential deterrent to the recruitment and retention of women in the field. The phrase &#x201C;You cannot be what you cannot see&#x201D; has often been cited in the context of academic cardiology.</p>
<p>Thus, despite the increasing representation of women in science and academic activities, as well as the greater awareness of gender inequality in these contexts, it is essential to promote public policies that encourage women in leadership positions, in addition to a sociocultural change that values the achievements and merit of women, respecting their role at the heart of the household.</p>
<p>Finally, it is also important to highlight the value of sisterhood among women and rich and of prolific partnerships that further enhance women&#x27;s roles in the world of science so that, in the near future, more girls and women will achieve gender equality in all settings.</p>
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<subject>Editorial</subject></subj-group></article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>A Representatividade Feminina em Publica&#xE7;&#xF5;es Cient&#xED;ficas</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-9131-0439</contrib-id>
<name><surname>Frota</surname><given-names>Daniela do Carmo Rassi</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"><sup>1</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6"><sup>2</sup></xref> 
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<contrib contrib-type="editor">
<contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">0000-0002-9236-3815</contrib-id>
<name><surname>Hotta</surname><given-names>Viviane Tiemi</given-names></name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7"><sup>3</sup></xref>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8"><sup>4</sup></xref>
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<named-content content-type="city">Goi&#xE2;nia</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">GO</named-content></addr-line>
<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
<institution content-type="original">Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Goi&#xE1;s, Goi&#xE2;nia, GO &#x2013; Brasil</institution></aff>
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<named-content content-type="city">Goi&#xE2;nia</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">GO</named-content></addr-line>
<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
<institution content-type="original">Hospital S&#xE3;o Francisco de Assis, Goi&#xE2;nia, GO &#x2013; Brasil</institution></aff>
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<named-content content-type="city">S&#xE3;o Paulo</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content></addr-line>
<country country="BR">Brasil</country>
<institution content-type="original">Instituto do Cora&#xE7;&#xE3;o, HC-FMUSP, S&#xE3;o Paulo, SP &#x2013; Brasil</institution></aff>
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<named-content content-type="city">S&#xE3;o Paulo</named-content>
<named-content content-type="state">SP</named-content></addr-line>
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<author-notes><corresp id="c2"><bold>Correspond&#xEA;ncia: Daniela do Carmo Rassi Frota</bold> &#x2022; Hospital S&#xE3;o Francisco de Assis, Ecocardiografia. Rua 9A. CEP: <postal-code>74075-250</postal-code>. Goi&#xE2;nia, GO &#x2013; Brasil E-mail: <email>dani.rassi@hotmail.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
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<title>Palavras-chave</title>
<kwd>Mulheres</kwd>
<kwd>Atividades Cient&#xED;ficas e Tecnol&#xF3;gicas</kwd>
<kwd>Comunica&#xE7;&#xE3;o e Divulga&#xE7;&#xE3;o Cient&#xED;fica</kwd>
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<p>Em 2015, a Assembleia Geral da Organiza&#xE7;&#xE3;o das Na&#xE7;&#xF5;es Unidas (ONU) aprovou a data de 11 de fevereiro como o Dia Internacional das Mulheres e Meninas nas Ci&#xEA;ncias. Esta data tem sido comemorada desde 2016, visando aumentar a conscientiza&#xE7;&#xE3;o sobre a excel&#xEA;ncia das mulheres na ci&#xEA;ncia e lembrar a comunidade internacional de que a ci&#xEA;ncia e a igualdade de g&#xEA;nero devem avan&#xE7;ar lado a lado.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
<p>Dados da pr&#xF3;pria ONU e da UNESCO apontam que as mulheres representam menos de 30% dos pesquisadores em todo o mundo e demonstram como ainda persistem as barreiras e a baixa representatividade para mulheres e meninas, especialmente em &#xE1;reas como ci&#xEA;ncias, tecnologia, engenharia e matem&#xE1;tica.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref></sup></p>
<p>At&#xE9; hoje, a sobrecarga de servi&#xE7;os dom&#xE9;sticos e cuidados familiares deixa as mulheres em desvantagem no meio acad&#xEA;mico, gerando disparidades n&#xE3;o s&#xF3; no desenvolvimento de estudos e na publica&#xE7;&#xE3;o de artigos, mas tamb&#xE9;m na representatividade entre pesquisadores, a qual &#xE9; crucial para uma discuss&#xE3;o mais abrangente e para a diversidade dos temas escolhidos para estudo. Cren&#xE7;as e fatores culturais, sociais e econ&#xF4;micos podem limitar as oportunidades educacionais dispon&#xED;veis para as mulheres, desencorajando ainda mais sua participa&#xE7;&#xE3;o em pesquisas cient&#xED;ficas.</p>
<p>Apesar de algumas a&#xE7;&#xF5;es, a desigualdade de g&#xEA;nero ainda &#xE9; predominante na ci&#xEA;ncia. Embora homens e mulheres tenham aproximadamente o mesmo n&#xFA;mero de diplomas de bacharelado e mestrado, nos escal&#xF5;es acad&#xEA;micos mais altos, a balan&#xE7;a pende a favor dos cientistas do sexo masculino. Na Uni&#xE3;o Europeia e nos Estados Unidos, apenas 20% e 21% dos professores titulares s&#xE3;o mulheres, respectivamente. Esse n&#xFA;mero &#xE9; ainda menor para professores de ci&#xEA;ncias naturais.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref></sup></p>
<p>Quanto &#xE0; representatividade em ensaios cl&#xED;nicos, um estudo conduzido por Denby et al. demonstrou que as mulheres constitu&#xED;am apenas 10,1% dos comit&#xEA;s de lideran&#xE7;a de ensaios cl&#xED;nicos; isso &#xE9; substancialmente menor do que a j&#xE1; baixa propor&#xE7;&#xE3;o de mulheres m&#xE9;dicas ou pesquisadoras na &#xE1;rea terap&#xEA;utica cardiovascular. Em 55,5% dos comit&#xEA;s de lideran&#xE7;a, n&#xE3;o havia representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o feminina, e as publica&#xE7;&#xF5;es de ensaios cl&#xED;nicos cardiovasculares tinham mulheres em apenas 9,3% da primeira ou 10,0% da &#xFA;ltima posi&#xE7;&#xE3;o de autora.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup></p>
<p>Pesquisas anteriores sugerem que equipes de pesquisa com heterogeneidade de g&#xEA;nero podem produzir pesquisas de maior qualidade. Maior visibilidade das mulheres em cargos de lideran&#xE7;a em estudos cl&#xED;nicos pode aumentar o recrutamento de participantes do sexo feminino e atrair mais investigadoras para a pesquisa cl&#xED;nica cardiovascular. Observou-se um ciclo vicioso para as mulheres na medicina acad&#xEA;mica, com a exclus&#xE3;o de mulheres levando a mais exclus&#xE3;o, falta de reconhecimento e taxas lentas de promo&#xE7;&#xE3;o.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">3</xref></sup></p>
<p>Ao trazer essa an&#xE1;lise e discuss&#xE3;o para o Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, observamos um cen&#xE1;rio diferente do relatado em rela&#xE7;&#xE3;o ao n&#xFA;mero de mulheres como primeira ou &#xFA;ltima autora nos artigos publicados entre os anos de 2017 e 2022 no ABC Imagem Cardiovascular. As mulheres foram maioria durante esse per&#xED;odo, exceto no ano de 2018 (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f3">Figura 1</xref>).</p>
<fig id="f3">
<label>Figura 1</label>
<caption><title>N&#xFA;mero de artigos publicados no ABC Imagem Cardiovascular tendo mulheres com primeira e/ou &#xFA;ltima autora de 2017 a 2022.</title></caption>
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<p>Em rela&#xE7;&#xE3;o &#xE0; posi&#xE7;&#xE3;o das mulheres em cargos de editor-chefe, uma pesquisa conduzida por Pinho-Gomes et al. examinou a representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o de mulheres e homens. A an&#xE1;lise abrangeu 41 categorias m&#xE9;dicas e utilizou dados do <italic>Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Journal Citation Reports</italic> de 2019. Os resultados indicam uma sub-representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o significativa das mulheres, correspondendo a apenas 1 em cada 5 editores-chefes das principais revistas m&#xE9;dicas. Algumas categorias n&#xE3;o tinham editoras-chefes mulheres (odontologia, cirurgia oral e medicina; alergia; psiquiatria; anestesiologia; e oftalmologia), enquanto outras tinham uma presen&#xE7;a maior de mulheres como editores-chefes (aten&#xE7;&#xE3;o prim&#xE1;ria &#xE0; sa&#xFA;de, microbiologia e gen&#xE9;tica e hereditariedade). Em 27 das 41 categorias, as mulheres representavam menos de um ter&#xE7;o dos editores-chefes, como, por exemplo, 1 em 10 para medicina intensiva, 2 em 10 para gastroenterologia e hepatologia e 3 em 10 para endocrinologia e metabolismo.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
<p>A revista ABC Imagem Cardiovascular j&#xE1; possuiu 17 editores desde 1988, sendo 5 deles mulheres (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="f4">Figura 2</xref>): Vera Marcia Lopes Gimenes (anos 1994-1996; 2008-2009), Cl&#xE1;udia Gianini Monaco (anos 2003-2004), Ana Clara Tude Rodrigues (ano 2014-2015), Viviane Tiemi Hotta (anos 2018-2019) e Daniela do Carmo Rassi Frota (anos 2022-2023). Atualmente, as mulheres representam 45% dos cargos de editores associados da revista.</p>
<fig id="f4"><label>Figura 2</label><caption><title>Congresso do Departamento de Imagem Cardiovascular 2023 com as editoras-chefes da ABC Imagem Cardiovascular.</title></caption>
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<p>O aumento da representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o feminina nos conselhos editoriais, especialmente nas posi&#xE7;&#xF5;es de editora-chefe, &#xE9; crucial para combater as desigualdades presentes na publica&#xE7;&#xE3;o acad&#xEA;mica e no meio acad&#xEA;mico em geral. A sub-representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o das mulheres nesses cargos &#xE9; resultado de diversos fatores. Primeiro, as mulheres tendem a recusar convites para cargos editoriais devido &#xE0; expectativa de que essas posi&#xE7;&#xF5;es possam interferir em compromissos familiares e/ou profissionais. Isso est&#xE1; relacionado com a distribui&#xE7;&#xE3;o desigual de responsabilidades, onde as mulheres frequentemente t&#xEA;m mais obriga&#xE7;&#xF5;es n&#xE3;o remuneradas e maior carga ou at&#xE9; responsabilidade exclusiva pelo trabalho mental nos cuidados dom&#xE9;sticos e familiares. Essa carga desigual pode limitar o tempo dispon&#xED;vel para pesquisa e lideran&#xE7;a. Al&#xE9;m disso, interrup&#xE7;&#xF5;es na carreira, como licen&#xE7;a-maternidade, e preconceitos de g&#xEA;nero contribuem para dificultar a progress&#xE3;o profissional das mulheres.<sup><xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">4</xref></sup></p>
<p>O vi&#xE9;s inconsciente de g&#xEA;nero tamb&#xE9;m desvaloriza o desempenho acad&#xEA;mico das mulheres e perpetua estere&#xF3;tipos que as excluem de posi&#xE7;&#xF5;es de lideran&#xE7;a, incluindo a de editora-chefe. A falta de mentoria e modelos femininos apropriados tamb&#xE9;m impacta negativamente a ascens&#xE3;o das mulheres na carreira acad&#xEA;mica. Aumentar a presen&#xE7;a de mulheres nos conselhos editoriais, particularmente como editoras-chefes, &#xE9; essencial para abordar essas desigualdades profundamente enraizadas. A presen&#xE7;a de uma editora-chefe est&#xE1; ligada a uma maior representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o feminina em conselhos editoriais e consultivos, bem como na revis&#xE3;o por pares. Dado que muitas vezes os editores-chefes s&#xE3;o escolhidos a partir dos conselhos editoriais, enfrentar a sub-representa&#xE7;&#xE3;o de mulheres nesses conselhos &#xE9; uma prioridade para alcan&#xE7;ar a paridade de g&#xEA;nero em posi&#xE7;&#xF5;es de lideran&#xE7;a.</p>
<p>Para alcan&#xE7;ar a igualdade de g&#xEA;nero, &#xE9; necess&#xE1;rio agir cedo, mostrar &#xE0;s meninas como &#xE9; importante ter uma profiss&#xE3;o e dar bons exemplos de mulheres cientificamente bem-sucedidas. A falta de mentoras e modelos femininos em cardiologia tem sido repetidamente citada como um potencial desest&#xED;mulo para o recrutamento e reten&#xE7;&#xE3;o de mulheres na &#xE1;rea. A frase &#x201C;Voc&#xEA; n&#xE3;o pode ser o que voc&#xEA; n&#xE3;o pode ver&#x201D; tem sido frequentemente citada no contexto da cardiologia acad&#xEA;mica.</p>
<p>Assim, apesar da representatividade crescente das mulheres na ci&#xEA;ncia e nas atividades acad&#xEA;micas, bem como da maior conscientiza&#xE7;&#xE3;o sobre a desigualdade de g&#xEA;nero nestes contextos, &#xE9; primordial al&#xE9;m das pol&#xED;ticas p&#xFA;blicas de incentivo a mulheres em posi&#xE7;&#xF5;es de lideran&#xE7;a, uma mudan&#xE7;a sociocultural que valorize as conquistas e m&#xE9;rito das mulheres, respeitando seu papel no cerne do n&#xFA;cleo familiar.</p>
<p>Finalmente, &#xE9; importante tamb&#xE9;m ressaltar o valor da sororidade entre as mulheres e de parcerias ricas e prol&#xED;ficas que potencializem ainda mais o papel da mulher no meio cient&#xED;fico para que em um futuro pr&#xF3;ximo, mais meninas e mulheres conquistem a igualdade de g&#xEA;nero em todos os &#xE2;mbitos.</p>
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