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L’Oréal & Unesco: Young Women in Science
Posted by Farzeen Mahmud | October 23, 2009
When we are growing up, we often imagine ourselves doing certain jobs: firefighter, sports star, lawyer, farmer, doctor. But the twists and turns that we encounter as we travel down life’s road often take us in very different directions from those we expected. Some of the women featured in this booklet knew that they wanted to be scientists. But many didn’t. They discovered their enjoyment of science through trial and error, through chance or fate. The road ahead is not always clear, but it is often more interesting and fun to make your own path, as these women have done, rather than follow the same road that everyone else is on.
All of the young women profiled in this booklet are unique. They come from many countries around the world, from diverse cultures, and often from very different backgrounds. Each has faced obstacles—poverty, discrimination, political unrest—but all have overcome these difficulties, even growing stronger for having faced them.
As there are differences, so are there similarities. (Read more…)
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