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The document contains a summary of a speech on women's empowerment and equality. The key points are: 1) The speaker welcomed participants and discussed the Millennium Declaration which recognizes that promoting gender equality and empowering women can help combat poverty, hunger, and disease. 2) The recognition of women's equality and rights in development came about due to decades of work by gender equality advocates, not by chance. Major UN conferences in several countries helped secure commitments to gender equality. 3) Achieving equality offers prosperity to society by allowing both men and women to reach their full potential and contribute to development.

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The document contains a summary of a speech on women's empowerment and equality. The key points are: 1) The speaker welcomed participants and discussed the Millennium Declaration which recognizes that promoting gender equality and empowering women can help combat poverty, hunger, and disease. 2) The recognition of women's equality and rights in development came about due to decades of work by gender equality advocates, not by chance. Major UN conferences in several countries helped secure commitments to gender equality. 3) Achieving equality offers prosperity to society by allowing both men and women to reach their full potential and contribute to development.

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School: Sidi Boubakker School Teacher: Ms.

Ikram Ayachi Level: 2nd Form


Theme 6: Rights and Duties Lesson 16: Equality Offers Prosperity Page: 90

I. Stage 1: Pre-listening

1. Look at the following pictures and try to comment on them.

2. Look at the following pictures and describe both women.

3. What does this logo represent? Tick the right option.


(pairwork)

Women’s Empowerment Movement

Black Lives Matter Movement

Men’s Empowerment Movement

4. Now, study the words in the box below. Cross out those you can’t associate with women’s empowerment.
(pairwork)

equality – tyranny – communication - oppression – infidelity - gender – power - calamity


5. Fill in the gaps with words from the box to learn more about women’s empowerment movement . (pairwork)

empower - awareness – social - inequality - power – oppression

Women’s empowerment is a process of personal and social change through which women gain
……………………………………., meaningful choices and control over their lives. It fights against gender
……………………………………. and …………………………………….

In almost every society and in every sphere of life, women assume unequal position and status;
thus, it is necessary to ……………………………………. them by providing equal opportunities. The term
empowerment is a ……………………………………. process and it helps people gain control over their own
lives. Empowerment includes the action of raising the status of women through education,
raising ……………………………………., literacy, and training.

4. There are many ways to empower women. To learn more about that, match each word with its appropriate
definition. (pairwork)

Column A Column B Answers


1. social empowerment a. it refers to enabling women to participate more in political life and give 1+ …
2. educational empowerment them leading roles in decision-making bodies. 2+ …
3. economic empowerment b. it refers to the act of fighting literacy and allowing women to gain general 3+ …
4. political empowerment knowledge about important topics and issues. 4+ …
5. psychological empowerment c. empowering women starts from within. Allowing women to speak their 5+ …
minds, have a decent job, travel independently, will have a great effect on
women’s self-esteem.
d. employment means empowerment. Providing women with a secure source of
income will help them gain more self-confidence and contribute to society.
e. it refers to the enabling force that strengthens women’s social relations
and their position in social structures. It addresses the social discriminations
existing in the society based on gender.

II. Stage 2: While-listening

You are going to listen to a speech delivered by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Director (United Nations
Development Fund for Women / UNIFEM) at a Workshop on Gender Equality and the Millennium Development
Goals. (19 November 2003)
1. Listen to section 1 and choose the right option.
In her speech, the Executive Director tries to show the importance of the rights of:
 women only.
 both men and women.
2. Listen to section 2 and correct the false statements with details from the speech.
 The United Nations conferences of the last twenty years took place in Europe and the United States
only.
 Gender equality advocates found it easy to achieve women’s rights.
 Gender equality offers society no special service.
3. Listen to section 1 and write the missing words.
The declaration states that “men and women have the right to live their lives and ……………………………….. their
children in ……………………………….., free from hunger and from fear of violence, oppression or ………………………………..”
and commits states to “promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways to
……………………………….. poverty, hunger, disease and to ……………………………….. development.”
4. Match words in column A with their definitions in column B. (pairwork)
Column A Column B Answers
1. millennium a. the action of giving someone more control. 1+ ……………..
2. gender b. a period of one thousand years. 2+ …………….
3. empowerment c. the fact of being very strong 3+ …………….
d. the fact of being male or female.
Pronunciation:

Say whether these pairs of words are similar (S) or different (D)

Live / lives (…….) Special / session (…….)

Delighted / millennium (…….) Fear / freedom (…….)

Recognition / equality (…….)

Grammar Focus:
Read the following 2 sentences, focus on the underlined parts and say whether they have the same meaning.
“It is the result of a lot of work….”
“… in a few countries namely in China, Egypt, Austria…”

Structure Meaning
A little + …………………………….. noun Some, a small amount
A few + …………………………….. noun(s) Some, a small number
A lot of + …………………………….. nouns More than enough, plenty of
…………………………….. noun

III. Stage 3: Post-listening

In groups of 4, discuss with your classmates the following points. (groupwork)

 Do you think men and women are equal in Tunisia?


 What kind of rights should women in Tunisia enjoy?
 Do you know any oppressed women?
 How can women’s empowerment contribute to the development of the country?
 Are you for or against women’s empowerment?

How can I express my opinion?


In my opinion, ... 
From my point of view, ...  
I would say that ... 
I have no doubt that ... 
I think / consider / find / feel / believe / suppose / presume / assume that ...  
Speaking personally, ...
EQUALITY OFFERS PROSPERITY

(Section1) Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you here. The Millennium Declaration and the
Millennium Development Goals, adopted in September 2000, incorporate a vision of development based on
“freedom from fear and freedom from want.” The declaration states that “ Men and women have the right to
live their lives and raise their children in dignity, free from hunger and from fear of violence, oppression or
injustice…” and commits states to “ promote gender equality and the empowerment of women as effective ways
to combat poverty, hunger, disease and to stimulate development.

(Section2) The recognition that women’s equality and rights are central to achieving economic and social
priorities is important. But it is not by chance that this has come about. It is the result of a lot of work by
women’s rights and gender equality advocates over decades, creating favourable conditions for activism at
global, regional and national levels that committed countries to achieving gender equality. The commitments
made in the United Nation World conferences of the last two decades in a few countries namely in China, Egypt,
Austria and Denmark as well as the Special Session in New York are central to the vision included in the
Millennium Declaration.

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