Sexual Inequality Among Social Work Faculty: an International Comparison

HE purpose of this paper is to present and compare data on male and *- female social work faculty from 19 nations representing 37 schools and depart-ments and a total of 1,198 ‘individuals:, Our primary goal is to compare female and male academics on their prevalence, promotion to the highest ranks, and receipt of perma-nent status or tenure. We had hoped also to make salary comparisons but, currency differences made this problematic. After a review of inequalities between female and male social work faculty in the United States, issues are identified relative to the generality, world-wide, of conditions which