The president of L’Oreal Argentina, Jean-Noël Divet, underlined today that Argentina is the “first country” in Latin America recognized for “the talent of its female scientists”, during the awards ceremony of the national edition of the L’Oreal Argentina Prize ‘Oreal-Unesco “For women in science”, which was held this Monday for the sixteenth consecutive year in the country.
During the award’s 24-year existence, the company has recognized “more than 3,900 women in 117 countries.”
Of that total, “there are ten women who have been welcomed as winners worldwide, and this makes Argentina the first Latin American country recognized for the talent of its female scientists,” Divet pointed out.
According to official information from Conicet, with the latest award to researcher Florencia Cayrol, recognized for her studies on how to improve cancer treatments with low side effects for different types of malignant tumors, awarded in May, “there are 10 scientists Argentines recognized with the international award, all from Conicet, with Argentina being the Latin American country with the highest number of winners in the region”.
In addition, the L’Oreal boss celebrated the National Senate’s decision to grant approval to two former L’Oreal Prize winners: Dr. Alicia Dickenstein, who won the world award two years ago, and Dr. Cayrol.
For his part, the director of Unesco’s Regional Science Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ernesto Fernández Polcuch, stressed during the ceremony that there is a “global priority” for gender equality, which runs through all programs of Unesco, and that this award is “one of the demonstrations of how this result is achieved”.
“In the framework of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an award like this contributes to various goals of sustainable development, gender equality, science, alliances and associations”, added the representative of the international organization.
“We are touching a central theme of scientific and technological development. Not only do we need more women scientists in general terms, because it supports the development of the world, but we also need to change scientific career policies and tools, not only for more girls to start careers , but they also break down the barriers so that the pitch is level,” concluded Fernández Polcuch. (Telam)
