In the second Incubation Process, imece is focusing on Empowering Women and Girls from a Gender Equality Lens in line with the United Nations’ 5th Global Goal, Gender Equality. This goal targets ending all types of discrimination against women and girls everywhere. Gender equality is among the most fundamental social challenges facing Turkey. Challenge Research conducted by S360 revealed several challenges in gender equality issue area. Fundamental gender equality challenges in Turkey include women’s unequal participation in economic life, unequal access to education, the gender inequality in the content of education, inequality in access to health and well-being among others.

Based on these social challenges, we have created questions to help social entrepreneurs design innovative solutions: “How might we design models and tools in order to ensure participation of women in economic life and equal presence in all areas of economic life?”; “How might we increase women and girls’ access to education?”; How might we redesign models and content of education that will contribute to gender equality?; How might we develop tools, models and methods which will ensure that women are physically, socially and mentally healthy?”

Gender Equality

Women’s equal participation in economic life

Women cannot equally participate in economic life due to various reasons, including obstacles in finding a job, staying in one job and getting a promotion; the fact that women undertake most of the unpaid housework; and prejudices against women as well as the lack motivation stemming from those prejudices.

 

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Gender Equality

Women’s and girls’ access to education and quality of education

Women and girls do not have equal access to education at all stages. In addition, the content of both formal and informal education students receive, starting from an early age onwards, recreate gender inequalities.

 

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Gender Equality

Redesigning Content and Models of Education

Content and models of education are reproducing inequalities stemming from gender roles. How might we redesign models and content of education that will contribute to gender equality? Explore the resources and create your solution.

 

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Gender Equality

Ensuring women and girls are physically, socially and mentally healthy

Women and girls face common issues in health and well-being when physical, mental and social determinants of health are considered. Yet, women and girls do not have platforms, where they can establish a dialogue and share their common experiences.

 

Applications are closed.