Students from Middle East Technical University Came in Second with Their Project Called “Just a Girl”

Kız Başına (Just a Girl) Project of METU came in second with “Kız Başına” at Facebook Global Digital Challenge.

“Just a Girl”, with coordinatorship of Instructor Yeşim Çaplı, took second place and was presented with certificate and $3000 awards.

Just a Girl, which seeks to spread awareness and inform the public on various key social issues that center on women, empowering women to become activists in support of each other and the issues that matter most to them, has a team of 14 students. It focuses on a wide range of related issues, from online oppression of women, to domestic and rape violence, to child abuse prevention education for mothers and teachers.

Students in the project not only shared stories of abuse or violence, they also shared inspiring stories of empowered women on social media.