Her leadership within the international scientific community is exemplary, and reflects her eminence as a researcher, teacher, and leader. Referring to her L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, she says: “This award is for all public health scholars working to make the world a better place for older people, especially those who are too often marginalised and ‘left behind’, whether they are women caregivers in India, smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa or older refugees in the Arab region.” The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards are presented every year to five outstanding women scientists – one per each of the following regions: Africa and the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America - in recognition of their scientific accomplishments. This jury was comprised of ten high-profile members of the international science community, chaired this year by Professor Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Laureate of the 2008 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award and of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine … See highlights of 2018 Awards Ceremony by clicking the video.Since the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program was established, more than 3000 women in over 110 countries have been recognised and rewarded for their research.The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science initiative began in 1998 and since that time the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) have strived to support and recognise accomplished women researchers, encourage more young women to enter the profession and to assist them as they progress their careers.Globally the program has recognised more than 2250 women in 110 countries, honoured 94 International Laureates for excellence in science (including two women who went on to be awarded a Nobel Prize) and awarded over 2200 talented young female scientists to pursue their promising research projects.In 2018, the program will recognise four Australian and one New Zealand Fellows. We cannot afford to deprive ourselves of the talents of half of humanity: women advance science, and science advances the world.Faced with global challenges such as the acceleration of new technologies, aging populations or the threat to biodiversity, UNESCO and L’Oréal remain convinced that these women researchers will have a major impact on society and lay the foundations for the future.
L'Oréal-UNESCO fellowship For Women In Science national awards was presented to three inspiring Malaysian women scientist The L’Oréal Foundation, is celebrating the achievements of three distinguished women scientists in Malaysia by awarding them its prestigious L’Oréal-UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science (FWIS). Astronomers use spectroscopy to separate light from the stars into wavelength spectra. The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards aim to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science include an important outreach component. Each scientist has had a unique career path combining exceptional talent, a deep commitment to her profession and remarkable courage in a field still largely dominated by men.The scientific fields considered for the awards alternate every other year between LifeSciences (even years) and PhysicalSciences, Mathematics and Computer Science (odd years).Three L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureates received the Nobel Prize in their field of expertise: Christine Nusslein-Volhard and Elizabeth Blackburn in Medicine or Physiology and Ada Yonath in Chemistry.Professor of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.Senior Scientist, Head Mucosal Immunology and Vaccinology Unit, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.Professor of Environmental Science at the Genomic Science Center, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.Distinguished Professor, Tisone Professor and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado, Boulder, United States.Director General of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory at the Collège de France, Paris, France, and former Director of the Genetics and Developmental Biology Unit at the Institut Curie.
Created in 1998, the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards honours - every year - 5 eminent women scientists from 5 regions of the world. All of the heavier elements ("metals") were subsequently produced by nuclear fusions, and with each new generation of stars, their "metallicity" increases. Thus, by determining the "metallicity" of a star, Professor Barbuy can also determine its approximate age, and shed light on the formation of the Milky Way.This kind of research is a key to understanding the first stars in the universe, and to bringing important conclusions to questions of galaxy formation and evolution studies. In astronomy, unlike in chemistry, the term "metals" refers to any element heavier than hydrogen or helium, which were the only two elements produced in abundance during the formation of the first generation of stars (the Big Bang). The 5 women scientists celebrated by the 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards have been selected by an independent jury. Each of the five laureates will receive €100,000 at a Ceremony on 12th March 2020 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.