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Inglés English worksheet
Human Rights: Gender Equality

Name: ________________________________________ Grade: ____ Date: ___________, 2020

Expected Learning:
 To recognize a general lexis related to human rights.
 To show comprehension of main ideas and explicit information in simple texts.
 To show comprehension of main ideas in written texts in context related to their interests

Have you heard about Emma Watson's HeForShe campaign? It's all about gender equality – which
means women and men having the same rights. Watch the first part of the video (to 5 minutes and
15 seconds!), do the exercises and then have a look at the website at www.heforshe.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDf6sOlpEDM&feature=youtu.be

I. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–j next to the numbers 1–
10.

1…….. suffocating a. men and women having the same rights, responsibilities and
2…….. to launch something opportunities
3…….. to figure something out b. in a few words
4…….. lad culture c. to introduce something to the public
5…….. an awareness campaign d. a series of actions designed to provide information about something
6…….. a scholarship e. to finally understand something
7…….. in a nutshell f. the enjoyment of exaggerated behaviour seen as being typically male
8…….. gender equality g. making you feel very uncomfortable, like you can’t breathe
9…….. annulled h. obtaining ideas, money, content or services by asking for
10……. Crowdsourcing contributions from a large number of people, usually online
i. an amount of money given to a student by an organisation to pay for
their education
j. cancelled, made not valid

II. Check your understanding: Circle True or False for these sentences.

1. The objective of HeForShe is gender equality. True False

2. The main focus of HeForShe is raising awareness about gender issues. True False
3. Emma says a lot of people believe we have solved problems of gender equality already. True False
4. In reality, she says, we have a long way to go. True False
5. Emma thinks women should be the main people involved. True False
6. Young men say they feel a pressure to conform and to be a ‘man’. True False
7. HeForShe is the first crowdsourcing platform for gender equality. True False
8. Emma says she’s had wonderful emails from women all over the world. True False
9. HeForShe gives people ideas for gender equality projects. True False
10. The University of Waterloo offered scholarships to girls who wanted to study science. True False

III. Check your vocabulary: gap fill Complete the sentences with a word from the box.
launch human awareness solutions
lad gender scholarships soul

1. HeForShe is a campaign for _______________ equality.

2. Emma is talking about the _______________ of the new HeForShe website.
 3. She says HeForShe is not just an _______________ campaign.
4. Many young men say they feel suffocated by the need to conform to a kind of ______________
culture.
5. Emma says the pressure can be _______________-destroying.
6. Emma says we are talking about _______________ rights, and that means everyone needs to be
part of the conversation.
7. The University of Waterloo offered _______________ to girls studying engineering.
8. Emma says that they just provide the inspiration and everyone has the _______________.

IV. Answer the following questions.

1. What do you think about the HeForShe campaign?
2. Do you think gender equality is an important issue?
3. How advanced is gender equality in your country?
4. What could you do to contribute with gender equality.

Transcript for Emma Watson introduces HeForShe.org

Ali: Hi, I’m Ali Plum. I’m here to talk to Emma about HeForShe and the launch of the new HeForShe website. For those who
don’t know, what is HeForShe?
Emma: HeForShe is a solidarity movement for gender equality, like, in a nutshell.

Ali: Big question here … what is HeForShe trying to achieve?

Emma: We’re trying to achieve gender equality, but I think the really cool thing about HeForShe is that we aren’t just, you
know, an education or an awareness campaign. It’s wonderful that so many people are talking about it and it’s great that so
many people are talking about it but we’re more than just an awareness campaign, we are mission-focused. We’re really trying
to erm … collect, register, be aware of people that are taking action for gender equality, and, and that’s really our main focus.

Ali: Where are we currently in the world with the state of gender equality?
Emma: Well, it’s really interesting because there’s this perceived notion that gender inequality was sort of a thing of the past,
that we’ve sort of figured that one out and, you know, we’re kind of where we need to be but when you start to look even just
a little bit deeper beneath the surface you start to realise that actually we’ve got quite a long way to go.

Ali: Why is it important to involve men, like myself, with this project?
Emma: I think there’s this perception that feminism or gender equality or women’s issues are to be talked about by women,
that it’s for women, and you know, women are like this separate thing but of course, women are human beings and these are
human rights that we’re talking about so we kind of need everyone to be part of the conversation and that was really what
HeForShe is about and how HeForShe was born, was that we wanted to make sure that conversation was inclusive and also we
were talking to people that didn’t agree with us and that was actually really important. We want to create change and so the
conversation needs to be opened up to groups that perhaps traditionally hadn’t been associated with engaging with feminism
or gender equality.

Ali: Could you give me some examples of stories from men who have become involved with HeForShe?
Emma: I was on the university, er, tour for HeForShe and there was a young man who we asked, you know, like, what would
gender equality mean for you and he was like, well, it would mean that I could drink my fizzy cider without my mates taking the
piss out of me, and I was like, well, it doesn’t sound like a very compelling reason to achieve gender equality in the world, but
actually, he sort of started to elaborate more, and he was just saying that he found the pressure to fit this male mould and to
conform to this kind of lad culture of like this very heavy binge drinking, actually really kind of soul-destroying and he was often
ashamed of how he acted when he was on these huge, like, binge drinking, erm, things with his mates and and how he treated
girls specifically when he was like that and … the dude just wanted to drink fizzy cider, you know what I’m saying?! And it was
just … it was just really sweet, actually and I just found that, something so simple, but guys feel this incredible pressure to be ...
that, in order to be a man, there are all these ideas that they really have to live up to and to conform to and it’s actually a bit
suffocating.

Ali: We’re here to specifically discuss the HeForShe.org website. Why is that so important?
Emma: Well, it’s important because we want to be the first and largest, er, crowdsourcing tool for solutions to gender equality
and the reason that is exciting is because we’ve had people sign up to the commitment and I’ve had lots of wonderful emails
from men, saying all right, I’m on board, I get it, I’m into it, you know, great, but what do you want me to do? What do you