Pereira, Mônica MagalhãesBarbosa, Jaysa Keylla Siqueira2025-12-162025-12-162025-12-09BARBOSA, Jaysa Keylla Siqueira. Mulheres em TI e Computação: diagnóstico da desigualdade de gênero na UFRN. 2025. 85 f. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso (Graduação em Engenharia de Computação) – Departamento de Engenharia de Computação e Automação. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2025.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/handle/123456789/67063The underrepresentation of women in Information Technology and Computer Science is a widely documented phenomenon in the literature, characterized by the concept of “leaky pipeline”, which describes the progressive loss of women throughout their academic and professional trajectory. This study investigated female participation in Information Technology and Computer Science courses and departments at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), specifically at the Instituto Metrópole Digital (IMD), the Departamento de Engenharia de Computação e Automação (DCA), and the Departamento de Informática e Matemática Aplicada (DIMAP). The adopted methodology used a quantitative approach, with analysis of secondary data obtained from the UFRN Open Data Portal and institutional records provided by the Information Technology Superintendence. The analysis included 16,671 student records from 2010 to 2025 and 117 active faculty members, in addition to historical data on career progression and management positions. The results revealed that women represent only 13,9% of the student body and 20.5% of the faculty, confirming the leaky pipeline phenomenon. Temporal analysis showed a negative trend in female participation over time, with a reduction of 11.9 percentage points between 2010 and 2025. Regarding career progression, the study differentiated vertical progressions (class changes) and horizontal progressions (level advancements), revealing distinct patterns of equity: vertical progressions showed a significant difference between genders (p=0.0495), while horizontal progressions demonstrated exemplary equity (p=0.6523), with an average interval of approximately 2 years for both genders. Analysis of management positions revealed the existence of a “glass ceiling”: while women have proportional participation in course coordinatorships, their presence significantly decreases in department head and directorship positions. The study concludes that gender barriers in IT and Computer Science areas at UFRN manifest both in access to the field and in advancement to leadership positions, and that more regulated mechanisms tend to produce greater gender equity, which demands institutional policies that promote greater transparency and standardization in progression processes.pt-BRGêneroMulheresTecnologia da InformaçãoComputaçãoLeaky pipelineUFRNSub-representação femininabachelorThesis