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40 Professor Lucia Mendonça Previato, L’Oréal-Unesco “For Women in Science” Award winner for Latin America, in the Institute for Biophysics at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, which she shares with her husband, Professor José Previato. Her career has been principally devoted to the study, treatment and prevention of Chagas disease. This often fatal condition, transmitted to humans mainly via an insect, is endemic in Latin America, where it is thought to affect some 16 to 18 million people.
41 RESPONSIBILITY AND SOCIETY Commitment to the community L’Oréal is a socially responsible company, and seeks to support projects that contribute to the public good, through long-term sponsorships and partnerships that are consistent with its values. The most striking and symbolic example of L’Oréal’s social commitment is the international programme For Women in Science, developed in partnership with UNESCO. Our commitment to society Since L’Oréal’s business is at the centre of people’s everyday lives and well-being, the group is closely involved in the life of the communities in which its facilities are located. L’Oréal has a duty to conduct itself as a socially responsible company and seeks to support projects that are for the public good, in the form of long-term sponsorships and partnerships. These are often local initiatives focusing on specific, clearly identified issues – women and science, solidarity, education – that are consistent with the values that the group has advocated for almost a century. The aim of these initiatives is to provide a strong foothold in the economic and social life of the countries in question. The group endeavours to preserve what gives these initiatives their strength and effectiveness, namely the independence of our locally-based companies and their ability to adapt to specific cultural environments. L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Six years ago, L’Oréal decided to work alongside UNESCO, a global organisation that speaks on behalf of all the world’s cultures. By supporting an organisation that facilitates understanding of cultural identities and recognition of their diversity, L’Oréal seeks to participate in the dialogue between cultures and to work for a better understanding between men and women from different traditions. For L’Oréal, 55% of whose research teams are women, science and women stand out as the two best vehicles for progress in the global community. The group therefore chose to give support to women scientists who, through their research work, contribute to the progress of the modern world, and to highlight those women students who will carry their work forward into the future.
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