Reflections on the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science program

Muireann Irish on celebrating diversity in science

Springtime in Paris seems a fitting backdrop for any awards ceremony but particularly so in the case of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program. I recently had the honour of attending the 2017 International Awards along with 14 other early career researchers from around the globe, as part of the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talents Fellowship.

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Women in science: Fight the brain drain

The world needs science. Science needs women,” reads the L’Oreal-UNESCO women in science strapline. We agree.

Last week, Julia Etulain was sitting in a lobby of a hotel in Paris, far from her hometown of Buenos Aires, Argentina. She explained her research energetically, occasionally apologising for near-perfect, short-sentence, staccato English.

Julia Etulain {credit}Photo via ParaBuenosAires/thebubble{/credit}

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