Every year, the L'Oréal Foundation sends a team to meet the new Award Laureates in their countries, to get to know them and to better understand their research and the environment in which they evolve. During these visits, video and photo portraits are created.  In November 2009, a team left for the Philippines ...

French daily Le Monde issues a very interesting portrait on Prof. Lourdes Cruz, 2010 Laureate for Aisa/Pacific. The special reporter, Annick Cojean, has spent several days with Prof. Cruz in the Philippines where she got to follow the Laureate in her daily activities and better understand what drives this incredible women  in her life. Prof. Cruz has actually led fascinating research in marine toxinology and...

The UN cultural and scientific organisation UNESCO has chosen its new leader, former Bulgarian Foreign Minister Irina Bokova, the first woman to be elected at this position. Irina Bokova was the Bulgarian Ambassador to France and a permanent representative to UNESCO.  With years of experience at the highest levels of international politics, the career diplomat has also had ...

5 women, 5 major contributions, 5 global challenges. This 12th edition is once again an opportunity to recognize excellence among the best female scientist of the world. The 2010 Laureates have been selected for their contribution to scientific progress in various fields: Immunology, Oncology, Microbiology, Neurology or the secret of stem cells... their life time work is leading to new treatments, new cures, new discoveries. Find more about these major breakthoughs...

Discover the 5 laureates of the 2009 edition of the For Women In Science programme that recognizes outstanding women researchers from the five continents, who have contributed to scientific progress. Meet Prof Athene Donald, 2009 Laureate for Europe,  in video and more...

Discover the 5 laureates of the 2009 edition of the For Women In Science programme that recognizes outstanding women researchers from the five continents, who have contributed to scientific progress. Meet Prof. Tebello Nyokong, 2009 Laureate for Africa & the Arab States,  in video and more...

Discover the 5 laureates of the 2009 edition of the For Women In Science programme that recognizes outstanding women researchers from the five continents, who have contributed to scientific progress. Meet Prof. Eugenia Kumacheva, 2009 Laureate for North America,  in video and more...