Report “Conciliar o desistir: El coste invisible de la maternidad en el ámbito académico” (Balancing or giving up: The invisible cost of motherhood in academia)

Project: “El impacto de la maternidad en la carrera académica: retos de conciliación y equidad de género” (The impact of motherhood on academic careers: challenges of work-life balance and gender equity) (Ref. INV-IGU304-2025)

Marta Garrido Macías (Coord.), María Alonso Ferres, Francisca Expósito, Marina Muñoz González, Gemma Sáez, Mª Dolores Sánchez Hernández and Laura Villanueva-Moya have published the report Conciliar o desistir: El coste invisible de la maternidad en el ámbito académico, published by Editorial Universidad de Granada (EUG).

The study was funded through the Grant Program of the Vice-Rectorate for Equality, Inclusion and Social Commitment, within the University of Granada’s 2025 Own Research and Transfer Plan, with Marta Garrido Macías as principal investigator.

The report analyzes the invisible cost that motherhood entails for the academic careers of women in the University of Granada community, addressing the work-life balance challenges and gender equity issues faced by women in academia.

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Reference:
Garrido-Macías, M. (Coord.), Alonso-Ferres, M., Expósito, F., Muñoz-González, M., Sáez, G., Sánchez-Hernández, M. D., & Villanueva-Moya, L. (2026). Conciliar o desistir. El coste invisible de la maternidad en el ámbito académico. Editorial Universidad de Granada. ISBN: 978-84-338-7785-7. https://editorial.ugr.es/libro/conciliar-o-desistir_139712/