García-Peñalvo, F. J.2019-09-202019-09-202019-09-20García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2019). Women and STEM disciplines in Latin America: The W-STEM European Project. Journal of Information Technology Research, 12(4), v-viii.1938-7857http://repositorio.grial.eu/handle/grial/1706According to UNESCO, women account for a minority of the world’s researchers; in 2013, only 28.4% of total persons employed in Research and Development were women, data confirming the gender disparity in science. The Latin-American and the Caribbean region shows essential differences among countries. While some seem to have good numbers of women working in science, as a percentage of total researchers, such as Argentina, 52%; Venezuela, 56%; and Bolivia, 62%; others like Honduras, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and Chile achieve low rates with around 30%.enW-STEMSTEMgenderengineeringArticle