Women in science in Colombia

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Claudia Vallejo, 26, and her daughter Dwiney, 6, spend time together in the library of the National University in La Paz, Colombia. In the foreground, Seyniwin Zalabata shares a project with professor Angélica Jiménez Muñoz © Charlie Cordero

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While Claudia Vallejo, a member of the indigenous Arahuaca people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and its foothills, works on calculation exercises needed for her career as a statistician, her 6-year-old daughter Dwiney, sitting next to her inside the library, colours and draws © Charlie Cordero

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Maria Alejandra Añes, 23, walks with her one-year-old daughter Lia towards the exit of the National University of La Paz, Colombia, where she is studying Cultural and Communicative Management. Sometimes, when Maria has to bring her daughter to class, her classmates help her take care of Lia © Charlie Cordero

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Maria Alejandra Añes keeps an eye on her one-year-old daughter Lia during a study day at the library of the National University of La Paz, Colombia, where she is studying Cultural and Communicative Management © Charlie Cordero

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Maria Alejandra Añes with her daughter Lia on the university bus © Charlie Cordero

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While Claudia Vallejo, a member of the indigenous Arahuaca people from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and its foothills, works on calculation exercises needed for her career as a statistician, her 6-year-old daughter Dwiney, sitting next to her inside the library, colours and draws © Charlie Cordero

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Angie Paola Simanca is 21 years old and a 4th semester Biology student at the National University of La Paz, Colombia. Sometimes, she has to take her son Ezequiel, who is only 11 months old, with her to class, since there is no-one else who can take care of him and hiring a nurse is beyond her financial means © Charlie Cordero