Turkish ministry enacts measures to fight gender inequality

In an effort to fight gender inequality found within the educational system the National Education Ministry has instigated a project of reforms which includes training 60,000 teachers and administrators and editing textbooks to support gender equality, Hurriyet Daily News reports. 

The Project for Supporting Gender Equality in Education aims to develop awareness of gender equality and expand this awareness throughout the nation’s entire educational system, the National Education Ministry’s Director General of Secondary Education Ercan Türk said. 

“This project aims to remove the negative affects of gender roles in society, which are constructed by cultural details and meanings focusing on biological diversities between the genders, and aims to support gender equality, develop the equality between male and female students at schools, and establish an awareness of gender equality in the whole education system,” Türk said.