To mitigate the gender Bias the project goes to the roots of the problem and tackles gender heuristics and gender stereotypes.
Unlearning Ltd, which is a mission-led social enterprise whose innovative intervention, developed at the University of Cambridge, merges three neuroscience-based critical thinking frameworks to catalyse behaviour change. Rooted in empirical evidence, the approach addresses ingrained gender biases and heuristics.
Maryam Tanwir
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Pakistan ranks 148th out of a total of 148 counties in the World Economic Forum’s 2025 Gender Gap Report.
To usher positive change in this regard, Unlearning partners with the Civil Services Academy in Lahore, Pakistan to mitigate the needle on gender equality in Pakistan.
Unlearning is a mission-led social enterprise, developed by Dr. Maryam Tanwir at the University of Cambridge. Unlearning’s empirically evidenced intervention merges three critical thinking frameworks that address core gender biases and misconceptions. By disentangling cognitive heuristics, one goes to the roots of the problem of gender inequality .
To mitigate the gender bias, we have developed a multi-dimensional intervention along three integrated frameworks: (i) the empirically based Integrative Complexity Method, (ii) Behavioral Interventions, and (iii) the Theatre of the Oppressed. The Program is designed around multi-sensory, meta-cognitive strategies and delivered through a ‘Socratic’ method that employs an interactive pedagogy to stimulate critical thinking, challenge assumptions and encourage awareness of ‘how’ we think, rather than ‘what’ we think.
Unlearning not only works on relinquishing gender heuristics and biases, but is unique in providing empirical evidence post training on the specific thematic areas the biases were relinquished and gender equality mindsets evolved!
By targeting the formative minds of the future policy-makers and governors of Pakistan Unlearning and the CSA are proud to catalyse the positive change!
Watch unlearning: the CSA’s training on relinquishing gender heuristics and augmenting critical thinking:
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Pilot Report Piloting the Unlearning Intervention in the Pakistan School System (2) (1).pdf