Shirin is a civil engineer, currently doing her PhD in Germany. Originally from Iran, she noticed a lot of differences between her homeland and Germany e.g. that less women are represented in STEM studies in Germany. She tells us the differences between both lands, stereotypes in Iran and Germany and how she fought against her anxiety towards prejudices. An inspiring woman who tells her story how she stood up and pushed back against quotes like " you should chill and not be so emotional". She empowers every women and says: "Everybody can do engineering - women are not less smarter than men!" That's a fact.

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Diese Folge ist auf English - die meisten Interviews von uns werden auf Deutsch aufgenommen - vereinzelt kann es aber auch mal eine englische Episode geben.

Soroptimistische Grüße, Mareike & Moni 💛

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