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This article focus on the development and recent transformations of gender public policies in Galicia. The main aim is to test the influence of the current financial-economic crisis as well as the changes of political color of the party in government produced in the last years. In order to attain this general aim we are going to answer the following questions: Which type of equality political actions have been carried out by the governments of Xunta de Galicia? Has the development of these policies involved some change since 2010? Has the development of this policies been influenced by the political color of the government? Do resources matter? And finally, is gender mainstreaming institutionalized? ; El objetivo general de este artículoes analizar las reformas y transformaciones recientes de las políticas públicas de igualdad de género en Galicia a la luz del contexto de crisis económico-financiera actual y el cambio de color político que se ha producido en los últimos años. Para lograr este objetivo general se intentan contestar las siguientes preguntas. ¿qué tipo de actuaciones en materia de igualdad se han llevado a cabo desde los gobiernos de la Xunta de Galicia? ¿Suponen el desarrollo de las políticas recientes algún cambio con respecto al grado de desarrollo de estas políticas antes del 2010? ¿Ha influido el color político en los cambios y la evolución de las políticas de género en Galicia?, ¿Es una cuestión de recursos? Finalmente,¿se encuentra el mainstreaming institucionalizado?

Literature has repeatedly shown that gender mainstreaming is far from being transformative and smoothly introduced. It is rather a contested strategy, leading to steady impacts on changing routines and gendering policy outcomes. However, research policies have appeared to be one of the issues areas where a gender perspective has been introduced. This is the case for Spanish research policies, which have been assessed to promote the inclusion of women in the R&D system. This article explores these emerging shifts in order to explore the problem for women in science and the solutions proposed to solve it. In addition, it seeks to examine whether these measures can potentially help women to get an equal position in science or whether they are addressing the wrong targets. To do so, this work draws on a survey of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers carried out in Spain, covering 350 respondents. It captures the necessities, wills and obstacles for women scientists, and while doing that, it allows us to assess whether gender mainstreaming is likely to be effective for bringing more women to the academia.