By: Karen Arevalo Calle y Mary Vargas Arcos Just a few days after #8M, we were reminded of the huge academic and salary gap that divides men and women. The Peruvian Institute of Economics (2022) states that this difference increased significantly from 19% in 2020 to 25% in 2021. Given this, we are encouraged to explore how this academic inequality has affected Peruvian women in the social sciences. In itself, the social sciences are a space that has historically been dominate