Five women physicists, including one from Tunisia, received on March 3 the L’oréal-UNESCO for women in science award for 2005. Tunisian Zohra Ben Lakhdar was awarded "For her experiments and models in infrared light spectroscopy and its applications to pollution detection and medicine," a press release from L’oréal-UNESCO said.
The Awards were presented by Koïchiro Matsuura, UNESCO Director-General, and Lindsay Owen-Jones, Chairman and CEO of L’Oréal. Nicole Ameline, French Minister for Parity and Equality in the Workplace, participated in the ceremony in her capacity as President of the Honorary Committee.
