The story began with Zeynep. She is a nine-year-old girl who said she only knows male scientists, so she never thought that a woman can also become one. She never even dared to have such dreams. In fact, she is not the only one who thinks so. Only 18 percent of senior managers are female in Turkey according to the latest Global Gap Report . Realising how such stereotypes and lack of role models affect children, Learning Designs team (a group of women from Turkey) decided to make a tool that will be fun, easy and above all useful and educational for kids. They came up with a kit called TEK -it stands for social equality kit in Turkish- consisting of a board game, posters tailored for children aged between 9 to 14. TEK is designed to encourag...
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