Women in leadership
- A total of 21,591 researchers received PhDs in Brazil in 2017, an increase of 4.8% over the 20,603 awarded in 2016
- Women accounted for 11,751 of them, or 54% of the total, a share that has remained unchanged since 2014
- They have represented the majority since 2004. In 1996, men accounted for 56% of the total