GENDER EQUALITY
UNIT 6
COMMUNICATION & CULTURE
COMMUNICATION
1. Read the following statements about achievements in addressing gender equality in VN. Do you want to add any achievements? Tell your partner.
1.The gender gap in primary education has been eliminated.

2.More women than men earn college degrees, although there are slightly more boys than girls at primary and secondary levels.

3. Seventy-three per cent of Vietnamese women participate in the labour force, which is one of the hightest rates in the world.

4. Seventy percent of all public school teachers are women.

5. Fourty-nine percent of lectures of two-years colleges and fourty-three percent of University lectures are women.
1. Read the following statements about achievements in addressing gender equality in VN. Do you want to add any achievements? Tell your partner.
COMMUNICATION
2. Work in pairs. Talk about achievements in addressing gender equality in Viet Nam, using the statements in 1
COMMUNICATION
Example:

Student A:
I think the Vietnamese government has made considerable progress in gender equality.

Student B:
I agree. Seventy-three percent of Vietnamese women participate in the labour force. No doubt that we have one of the highest rates in the world.
Read the following text about gender equlity in the United Kingdom and answer the questions.
CULTURE
Read the following text about gender equlity in the United Kingdom and answer the questions.
CULTURE
1.How do girls and boys perform at school in the United Kingdom ?
- Girls perform better than boys at all levels of education in the United Kingdom

2.How many women participate in the British workforce?
- Women make up 47 percent of the British workforce

3. What challenges does the United Kingdom still face in achieving gender equality?
- Millions of women and girls still experience domestic violence and the gap in full-time wage between men and women is 10 percent and most of the people in low-paid jobs are women.
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HOMEWORK
1. Learn by heart the words.
2. Prepare for the next lesson.