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Unlocking Innovative Pathways for the Beauty Professionals of Tomorrow

The award-winning educational programme Lead, created by Rolfs Global Institute and powered by L’Oréal USA, is designed to provide accelerated and affordable pathways to higher education for beauty professionals. Now, BoF speaks to founder and CEO Francis Tesmer and three of its graduates to learn how Lead is shaping the future for beauty professionals.
L'Oreal Lead: Class of 2024
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Despite “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” being one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals — the UN’s call to action to end poverty and protect the planet by balancing social, economic and environmental sustainability — momentum around gender parity seems to have slowed as governments have focused attentions on the perma-crises that have followed the pandemic, global wars and the mounting climate crisis.

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