President Milanović Receives Women Scientists who Received the “For Women in Science“Award
The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović received today young women scientists from the field of natural sciences who are this year’s winners of recognitions and the award of the National L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science“ Programme: Andrea Lončarević Vrabec from the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology; Antonella Barišić Kulaš from the University of Zagreb’s Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing; Mija Jurilj Sajko from the Sisters of Charity Teaching Hospital and Petra Maleš from Ruđer Bošković Institute.
The organizers of the award are L’Oréal Adria and the Croatian Commission for UNESCO at the Ministry of Culture and Media. The award has been presented under the auspices of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts for the 19th consecutive year. In addition to the awarded women scientists, the meeting in the Office of the President of the Republic was attended by members of the committee and the organizers of the programme, who presented the National L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Programme to President Milanović, emphasizing that it is unique in its propositions and strict criteria.
The President of the Programme’s selection committee, Academician Zvonko Kusić, said that the four winners were selected among 68 applicants according to the strictest international selection criteria for scientific disciplines. He added that women in Croatia are still less involved in scientific research projects, despite the fact that over 50 percent of doctorates in science in Croatia are awarded to women, and emphasized that this award also has a symbolic role as a role model and incentive.
As part of the National L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Programme, since 2006, 74 Croatian women scientists in the final stages of obtaining their doctorates in the field of natural sciences, including interdisciplinary fields, have been awarded. The programme has become a permanent and recognizable symbol of support for young women scientists in Croatia who enrich the scientific community with their dedicated work and effort, encouraging and stimulating them to pursue their scientific careers.
Along with the awarded young women scientists and the President of the Selection Committee of the National L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Programme, Academician Zvonko Kusić, were the members of the Selection Committee: Academician Vida Demarin; Academician Goran Durn; Prof. Helena Jasna Mencer, PhD; Prof. Đurđica Ugarković, PhD; Prof. Marica Ivanković, PhD, and Prof. Leandra Vranješ Markić, PhD, and the Programme’s organizers Secretary General and Head of the UNESCO Service of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia, Rut Carek; and General Manager of L’Oréal for the Adria Balkan Region, Maximiliano Frenza.
Alongside President Republic was the Adviser to the President of the Republic for Education Jadranka Žarković.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Filip Glas