Reshma Saujani Receives The Power Of Radiance Award 2024
Clé de Peau Beauté honours the Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani for her dedicated contributions to women’s empowerment.
Famous luxury skincare and makeup brand Clé de Peau Beauté isn’t only a prominent name in the beauty world, it also has immense relevance because of its unwavering support for women and girls in their incredible efforts to create a better world for themselves and their communities.
Following this mission, the luxury brand announces the latest recipient of the Power of Radiance Awards 2024: Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code, an international non- profit organization that endeavours to decrease the gender disparity in the whole of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), and particularly in the technology sector.
The Power of Radiance Awards supports education champions who started with a vision of a better world and the belief that every person has the capacity to unleash an inner light within themselves, a light that has the potential to bring about great change.
The story of the latest recipient of this honour speaks volumes about just such unparalleled inner strength and just such a contribution. Based in New York City, Reshma founded Girls Who Code in 2012. Ten years later, the nonprofit had helped over 500,000 students with its creative programs, and its graduates were seven times more likely than the American national average to acquire degrees in computer science and related fields.
“Showing these girls the beauty of STEM and connecting them with role models is of utmost importance as they make plans for their futures — it is what Girls Who Code is all about. After all, you can’t be what you can’t see,” said Saujani. “Today, only 28 per cent of computing jobs are held by women. We all have a role to play in ensuring that we don’t leave women and girls behind as we fill the jobs of the future, and Clé de Peau Beauté’s Power of Radiance Awards is building momentum behind the cultural shift that’s needed to close the gender gap in STEM.”
Saujani will also lead the 20 Under 20 campaign alongside Clé de Peau Beauté. Because the largest drop-off of girls in STEM fields occurs in middle and high school, before they turn 20 years old, this program aims to intervene and encourage girls to continue on the path toward higher education and careers in computer science.
To help her carry out this initiative, Saujani is being awarded a grant that will be used to expand her mission and maintain its momentum. Clé de Peau Beauté’s Chief Brand Officer, Mizuki Hashimoto, said “Ms. Saujani’s unwavering commitment to empowering girls and women through Girls Who Code perfectly aligns with our mission. We are dedicated to realizing gender equality in STEM and beyond. Collaborating with Girls Who Code and Ms. Saujani on the 20 Under 20 campaign is an opportunity for us to do more toward advancing gender equality and levelling the playing field for girls in STEM.”
Continuing its incredible endeavours, the brand has committed a percentage of the sales of The Serum, one of their best first- step products, to women’s education. Clé de Peau Beauté continues to be a sincere advocate for women’s empowerment and contributing to bringing positive change around the world.
