March 13th, 2018: In celebration of its 70th anniversary, and to coincide with International Women’s day on March 8th, the Parisian maison launched Dior’s first mentorship programme: ‘Women@Dior,’ a yearlong project that pairs female Christian Dior employees with female students interested in their area of expertise.
Students Leen Sharif and Noura Itani were chosen to represent CUD, together with 200 students from ten countries including Tokyo, London, New York, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong.
The programme seeks to empower young women to achieve their career ambitions by pairing them with Christian Dior employees who will provide face-to-face careers advice and guidance once every three months.
During the visit they listened to a series of presentations given by senior female Dior Executives. They took a tour the maison’s atelier and head office, along with the brand’s newly opened state-of-the-art archive facility, Dior Héritage.
Emmanuelle Favre , Dior Director of HR said “we want to coach young women at the beginning of their careers or even at school, in order for them to build their self-confidence and to build a networks; these are two very important levers in getting ahead in one’s career,” continued Favre.
Karin Raguin, Director of talent development stated “young women want to own their professional destiny, to be guided, and to share generously their experience.”
The highlight of their visit was the opportunity to deliver an off the cuff presentation to their fellow students and Dior Executives which was enthusiastically received by their audience.
Both Leen and Noura are looking forward to receiving free guidance for a year from experienced mentors and hope to use the experience they gained to develop themselves using the best advice available.
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