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⁄ 15 YEARS
OF COMMITMENT,
15 YEARS
OF EXCELLENCE
In 2013 the L’Oréal-UNESCO programme “For
Women in Science” celebrated its 15th anniver-
sary. Set up in 1998, this programme turns the
spotlight on outstanding women whose research
is contributing to scientific advancement.
Through their work, they are making advances
in a variety of fields, such as climate change,
finding new sources of energy, the human body
and protecting biodiversity. To date, there have
been more than 77laureates – two of whom are
Nobel Prize winners – and more than 1,700fellow-
ships have been awarded all over the world. The
efforts of L’Oréal and UNESCO express their
strongly held conviction that scientific excellence
has no gender.
100TH FRENCH FELLOWSHIP
The 2013 edition celebrated the 100th French
fellowship since the creation of the programme.
On this occasion, Myriam Paire, a former fellow and
École Polytechnique graduate, was appointed
as a sponsor, to provide support for the girls
awarded fellowships, and to build a community
of scientists in a long-term perspective.
A pilot initiative in France
In France, only 27% of researchers are women(1). Because the next challenge is to
encourage girls to aim for a scientific career, L’Oréal has developed a novel initiative
in France: speed meetings between “For Women in Science” fellows and around a
hundred girls at secondary schools in the Paris region. Each fellow acts as an ambas-
sador, describing her own experience, and demonstrating that women also have
their place in science, where there are many exciting career opportunities. The key
aim is to motivate young students to join tomorrow’s generation of scientists.
(1) Source: The UNESCO statistics bulletin, December 2012.
MORE THAN
1,700
FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED
WORLDWIDE
88
BEAUTY IS A
COMMITMENT