UNIT 6 (E10 – TD): GENDER EQUALITY

VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. Fill in each blank with the correct word from the box. Each word has to be
used only once.
freedom status feminist opportunities education
gender quality responsibility injustice women
Famous Women Equality Quotes
1.“My goal is not to get a Nobel Peace Prize.... My goal is to get peace and my goal is
to see education of every child.” (Malala Yousafzai)
2. “ Gender equality is not a woman’s issue, it is a human issue. It affects us all.”
3. “A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women
and men.” (Gloria Steinem)
4. “To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man’s injustice to woman.”
(Mahatma Gandhi)
5. “True equality is not the superiority of women, but the equal status of man and
woman.” (Mercedes Joubert)
6. “Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all
forms of oppression.” (Nelson Mandela)
7. “As women, we must stand up for justice for all.” (Michelle Obama)
8. “Men of quality respect women’s equality.”
9. “Women are more than 50 percent of the population and more 50 percent of
voters. We must demand that we all receive 100 percent of the opportunities .”
(Beyonce)
10.“Women only have true equality, when men share with them the responsibility of
bringing up the next generation.” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
II. Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word from the box. There are
some extra words.
requirements attitude plans job
meetings projects concerns tasks

Equal pay for women workers in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, the poor (both women and men) are often engaged in day labor
as hired seasonal workers on landowners’ large plantations. Currently, men and
women perform almost identical (1) , but they do not earn equal
wages. In an analysis of wages, it was found that for a day’s labor, men earn an
average of $2.22, while women earn nearly half of that amount ($1.21).
To solve the problem, volunteers from Pathway Project issued an analysis and
held (2) on “fair wage” at each community in the area. At the end
of these meetings, they developed (3) to take action and bring their
common (4) to the landowners and social elites. Male day laborers
recognized that equal wages for women would also benefit their families, and they
joined forces with the women to ask for equal pay.
Recently, men and women are working together in the crops field as a team.
Landowners are showing a more positive (5) to the women day
laborers, and women day laborers are getting equal wages at the end of each day
without having to request it.
III. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. Since 2009, Iceland has been the global in gender equality.
(lead)
2. For the past five years, Iceland has been in the first rank of educational
and in women’s economic conditions. (achieve/
improve)
3. On October 24, 1975, more than 25 thousand women in Iceland took a day off to
emphasize the importance of women’s to the economy, both in
paid and unpaid work. (contribute)
4. Gender equality is also a part of the to the challenges facing
society. (solve)
5. The of women in the labour market in Iceland is one of the highest in the
world. (participate)

IV. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.

1. The least equal country in the for women, ranking 145th, was
Yemen, where only 55% of women can read and only 6% attend college
2. UNICEF says that to education is one of the biggest challenges acing
children in Yemen today, especially girls.
3. Until now, the high cost of has discouraged or prevented poor
parents from having their children, especially girls, educated.
4. Moreover, a lack of female teachers contributes to low of
girls in schools.
5. UNICEF is now schools and families with educational supplies to
help lower costs.
6. Through a joint project involving the World Bank, UNICEF
to help the government provide all children with textbooks at the beginning
of each school year.
7. UNICEF is working both nationally and regionally to educate the public on the
of educating girls.
8. The gender in education in Yemen is among the highest in the
world.
V. Choose the correct passive modals in the box to complete sentences.
must be stopped should be removed must be made
should be provided will be achieved will be given

1. Gender equality only when women and men enjoy the same
opportunities.
2. In Muslim countries, changes to give women equal
rights to natural or economic resources, as well as access to ownership.
3. In order to reduce gender inequality in South Korean society, women
more opportunities by companies.
4. Child marriage in several parts in the world because it limits
access to education and training.
5. In Egypt, female students from disadvantaged families
scholarships to continue their studies.
6. Discrimination on the basis of gender from workplaces.
 UNIT 6 (E10 – TD): GENDER EQUALITY
READING
I. Read the following short biography of the famous female pilot, Amelia
Earhart. Choose the correct heading (A-G) for each paragraph (1-4). You
will not use all the headings.
A. Amelia’s Education B. Amelia’s Mysterious Disappearance
C. Amelia’s Family Life D. Amelia’s Childhood Years
E. Amelia’s Marriage F. Amelia’s Flying Records
G. Amelia’s Love of Flying
Amelia Earhart
1. _________________________________________________________
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas. At three
years old she went to live with her grandparents who lived fifty miles away.
Amelia was a tomboy, and loved snow sledding and climbing trees. She lived
with her grandparents until she was ten. At ten she moved back with her parents
and her younger sister, Muriel.
2. _________________________________________________________
Amelia saw her first airplane at the 1908 Iowa State Fair. At this fair, there was a
stunt-flying exhibition, and it fascinated Amelia. It was here, as she watched
these planes twirling and swooshing, that Amelia fell in love with the idea of
flying. Amelia actually had to wait thirteen years to take her first ride in a plane,
and just six months after that, she bought her first plane. It was bright yellow and
she called it Canary.
3. _________________________________________________________
Amelia was very competitive, and entered many flying contests over the next
several years. She continually broke the records of other pilots. To mention just a
few:
In June of 1928, she became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
In May of 1932, she became the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
From August 24 to 25, 1932, she flew a solo nonstop flight from the west coast of
the United States to the east coast, making her the first woman to do that.
From April 24 to 25, 1935, she was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to
California.
4. _________________________________________________________
At the age of forty, in 1937, Amelia Earhart wanted to be the first woman to fly
around the world. She and her navigator took off from Oakland, California, and
flew to Miami, then through the Caribbean to Brazil and through Africa to India.
After India, they flew to Bangkok, Indonesia, Australia, and then Papua New
Guinea. From Papua New Guinea, they flew toward Howard Island, 2,200 miles
 away. They never arrived, and despite extensive searches, they were never
found.
No one knows for sure what happened to Amelia and her navigator, but the
world knows that Amelia is one of the most important and influential pilots in
history.
II. Read the passage, and decide whether the following statements are true
(T), false (F), or not given (NG).
Malala Yousafzai was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan. As a young girl,
she demanded that girls should be allowed to receive an education, which resulted
in the Taliban issuing a death threat against her.
After the Taliban began attacking girls’ schools in Swat, Malala gave a speech
whose title was, “How dare the Taliban take away my basic right to education?” In
early 2009, Yousafzai began blogging for the BBC about living under the Taliban’s
threats to deny her an education. Yousafzai continued to speak out about her right,
and the right of all women, to an education.
She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012, but survived. The
shooting resulted in a massive support for Yousafzai, which continued during her
recovery. She gave a speech at the United Nations on her 16 th birthday, in 2013. She
has also written an autobiography “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for
Education and Was Shot by the Taliban”, which was released in October 2013.
At age 17, she became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In
congratulating Yousafzai, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as “a
brave and gentle advocate of peace who through the simple act of going to school
became a global teacher”.
For her 18th birthday on July 12, 2015, the young activist opened a school for
Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. Its expenses were covered by the Malala Fund, and
the school was designed to admit nearly 200 girls from the ages of 14 to 18. “Today
on my first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children, I demand we must
invest in books instead of bullets,” Yousafzai spoke in one of the school’s classrooms.
T F NG
1. Yousafzai gave many speeches to support girls’ basic right to have  
education.
2. She was so brave to write articles about the gender discrimination  
in education in her hometown.
3. She worked as a BBC reporter for a short time.   
4. She has worked as a teacher in many countries in the world.   
5. She gained great support after being shot nearly dead by Taliban.  

6. She was taken to hospital in the capital of Pakistan.   
7. She was the youngest person to receive the Nobel Prize.   
8. She opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon funded  

by the Malala Fund.
9. She loves peace, and hates war.   
10. She founded the Malala Fund.   
III. Read the passage carefully, and do the tasks that follow.
Working mothers are the ones who move out of the house for the purpose of
earning money and also maintain household chores. Every woman at home prefers
to work in order to balance the financial and the other basic needs of the family.
The children of working mothers become smarter, more active, and more
independent as compared to the children of non-working mothers. This is because
of the fact that the mothers being working have to move out of the house leaving all
the household chores intact, the children understand their responsibilities and
manage to do all their tasks without being dependent on others, so they become
smart, active, and independent enough.
The working mothers are now helped by their husbands in household chores
after returning from work. By seeing fathers being a helping hand to mothers,
children learn good habits and inculcate manners of helping others as well as their
mothers, thus in this way good habits are inculcated in them.
A working mother also adds to the advantage of helping the family financially. It
is beneficial as a woman becomes a helping hand to the husband in terms of money.
Therefore, the family runs in a very smooth way without any financial difficulty and
the kids also get the best as parents are able to afford all necessities due to a good
income level.
The mothers, when work, become an inspiration for their kids as they look up to
their mums and say that they aspire to be like their mums in the near future.
Working mums not only work but also look after their children without any
difficulty. So such kids need to get an inspiration at home, and they also learn to do
hard work in their life.
Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the
answer in each blank. There are two extra definitions.
 Answer A B
1. intact (adj) A. to make someone have a strong feeling
2. inculcate (v) B. to remember something by doing it so often
3. inspiration (n) C. to respect or admire (someone)
4. look up to (v) D. to have a strong desire to do something
5. aspire (v) E. complete and in the original state
F. someone or something that gives you ideas for doing
something
G. to fix beliefs or ideas in someone’s mind

Task 2: Read the passage again, and answer the questions below.
6. Why does every woman at home prefer to go to work?
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7. Why do the children of working mothers become smarter, more active, and more
independent?
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8. How can children learn good habits from their fathers at home?
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9. What financial benefits does a working mother bring to her family?
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10.Why do working mothers become an inspiration for their children?
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UNIT 6 (E10 – TD): GENDER EQUALITY

WRITING
I. The following text is about the advantages of being a working mother. Put the
supporting details (A-G) for each benefit in the appropriate gaps. There is an extra.
A. Children of working mothers often grow up to be independent, responsible and
achievement-orientated.
B. She can follow her career, interests, and gain more experiences.
C. These children often take on more responsibility, not just because it is expected, but also
because it is necessary.
D. The family will have more dynamics when both parents go to work.
E. As with anything, there will always be advantages and disadvantages with being a
working mother.
F. Being a mother helps her perform assignments at work with more care and patient.
G. The father has to share household chores, and the children understand that a family needs
joint effort.
Topic sentence: There are several benefits of being a working mother.
Supporting idea 1: A working mother brings benefits to her family.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
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2. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Supporting idea 2: A working mother is also beneficial to her children because she sets a good
example.
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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4. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Supporting idea 3: Working mothers derive benefits from working, too.
5. ___________________________________________________________________________
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6. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Concluding sentence: Obviously, mothers should be strongly encouraged to work outside the
home.

II. The following text is about the disadvantages of being a working mother. Put the
supporting details (A-G) in the appropriate gaps. There are two extra ones.
A. Mothers have to keep their kids in childcare centres, and the kids may feel lonely or not
get enough affection and attention from their mums.
B. If the husband is not helping the wife in household chores, it may cause difficulty for her
as she is very tired after a hard-working day, resulting in bad relationship in the family.
C. Due to office work, working mothers may develop feelings of irresponsibility for the
family, affecting their children’s health.
 D. A working mother has to manage both home and office at an equal level that is too much
on a daily basis.
E. Working mothers are not able to devote enough time to their kids, so the kids are not able
to express their feeling with parents.
F. Having the same routine regularly without any rest may lead to health issues and other
problems which also ruin the family life.
G. Working women often have to suffer from annoying behaviours at work.
Topic sentence: As a coin has two sides, there are also some disadvantages of being a working
mother.
Supporting idea 1: First, health issues may arise from both having a job and doing household
chores.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
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2. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Supporting idea 2: Second, working mothers spend less time for their children and their children
may suffer from feeling alone.
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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4. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Supporting idea 3: Finally, a working mother may have no helping hand.
5. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Concluding sentence: Clearly, a working mother should feel proud of herself, but her husband
and children have to share the household chores with her in order to have
a happy family.

III.The following text is about the positive effects of working mothers for their children.
Put the supporting details (A-F) for each benefit in the appropriate gaps. There is an
extra.
A. Children grow up to be very independent because they have to take responsibility in
making sure that meals are ready on time.
B. Many working mums have found it easier to keep their relationship healthier because they
are happier and more successful.
C. Boys need to realize that household chores are part of family life, and this will also
influence them significantly when they start their own families.
D. Day care and a supportive father help a working mother become a better educator for her
children.
E. Girls will learn that they need to think about a career, rather than just getting married and
having children.
F. Children of working mums are doing academically better because their mothers spend
more time helping them with homework.
Supporting idea 1: Working mothers provide positive role models to their children.
1. ___________________________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________________________
Supporting idea 2: Working mothers raise more independent children.
3. ___________________________________________________________________________
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Supporting idea 3: Working mothers’ kids may do better at school and have fewer behavioral
problems.
4. ___________________________________________________________________________
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5. ___________________________________________________________________________
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IV. Write complete sentences about Madame Nguyen Thi Dinh, using the words/ phrases
given in their correct forms. You can add some more necessary words, but you have to
use all the words given.
1. Madame Nguyen Thi Dinh/ born/ a peasant family/ Ben Tre.
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2. She/ help/ organize/ “long-haired army”/ women/ and/ become/ first
female Major General/ Vietnam People’s Army.
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3. She/ a founding member/ the National Liberation Front/ and/ elected/
chairwoman/ the South Vietnam Women’s Liberation Association.
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4. She/ awarded/ Lenin Peace Prize/ 1967.
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5. Together/ Madame Nguyen Thi Binh/ she/ one/ the two most famous female Vietnamese
communist leaders.
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