Feminilización y Feminización de la Profesión Contable en Colombia

The present document aims at analyzing feminilization and feminization of the accounting profession in Colombia between 2001 and 2018; understanding feminilization as the increase in women’s participation in a given profession, and feminization as changes in meaning associated to the quantitative increase of women’s participation. Firstly, the research has a qualitative perspective that seeks to understand and explain the processes that have influenced feminization of the accounting profession in Colombia, through a documentary analysis. Secondly, it also offers a quantitative perspective since it attempts to analyze the measurements conducted on said phenomenon. From the data analyzed it was found that women account for the majority in the accounting filed, an aspect that does not necessarily contrast with job remuneration.