In our fourth episode, we will go to Spain to talk to María del Carmen García-Martínez, who is a researcher and director of the Spanish Oceanography Institute in Malaga. Among her many commitments, María Carmen is  involved in Océanicas, a project that visualises the role of women in oceanography.

Pursuing a career in science can still pose many challenges to women, but maybe even more so in a very masculinized territory such as the sea? María Carmen will explain to us the 'leaking pipeline' problem, sexual harassment on the sea and what needs to be changed in marine science to achieve real gender equality.

Along the way, we will discover how María Carmen entered a marine science career herself, how she moved from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean Sea, the challenges she observed with regard to human activities and her overall connection to the sea.

Finally we will talk about Oceanicas, a project that highlights the role that women have played and still play in marine science. 

Learn more here: https://oceanicas.ieo.es