Challenging stereotypes about girls and science in school

Kainat and her students, who are teenage girls, have built wind turbines. Kainat’s hands-on approach allows her students to enjoy learning about energy while discussing resource management. Her students had fun participating in a competition which involved building and launching rockets – these joyful experiences make science attractive and accessible. Kainat challenges unhelpful prevalent stereotypes that girls are not good at science.

Listen to Kainat

“It’s not like just one day or one activity brings change. It’s a slow process and, with that, you need strength.”

Kainat Rohail

Kainat Rohail

Kainat Rohail is a biology teacher in a girls’ school in a low resourced rural area near the capital of Pakistan. She is passionate about equal access to learning and social cohesion and has served as an ambassador for the United Nations Development Program, National Youth-Led Policy Forum´s Pakistani initiative to prevent harassment at educational institutions. She is also senior associate at Teach For Pakistan.