Resumo:
This study sought to investigate the inclusion and permanence of black women in four stricto
sensu postgraduate courses in the area of Health, namely: Biological Sciences, Nursing and
Health, Medicine and Health, and Public Health at UFBA, from 2015 to 2022, with aim of
identifying possible persistence of interseccional and structural inequalities in these courses.
This is a qualitative and quantitative research, which has benn anchored in discurssions that
havealready been accumulated on the theme of racial inequalities in access tho Education.
The censuses of the MEC, INEP, IBGE and CAPS were used to map the number of black
students recently enrolled and/or graduating in postgraduate courses in the mentioned areas.
We also discussed the narratives of eight cis, black women, master’s, doctoral and
postdoctoral students in graduate programs, through semi-strutured interviews conducted
remotely and in person. Given the information analyzed, it was possibilite to conclude that
there is a “scientific loneliness” that permeates the trajectories of the women interviewed, due
tho the lack of representation in academic and professional spaces and in citation policies. It
was also identified that all students accessed the vacancy reserve for black people, most went
through a hetero-identification board, and those who requested it had access to the
scholarship. Therefore, I understand that, with these results, affirmative actions in graduat
studies are, to a certain extent, being implemented, and there is still a need for greater
monitoring regarding the permanence of students in stricto sensu courses in the health area at
UFBA. Ih was also observed that access to educational spaces has provided a change in the
economic status of the women, but this does not prevent them from being victims of racism
and sexixm in the academic and professional spaces.
