UNIT :4 WOMEN AND POWER

International ‘s Women Day is a global day for women to celebrate

their economic,political and social achievements.It is a good occasion for women
to defend their rights to be equal to men.Thanks to this day,women all over the
world walk in the street to say ‘no to violence,to polygamy and to discrimination’.

However,women still face a lot problems in their life and in society.They

are still victims of violence and sexual harassement at work and of course in the
street.’I got married two years ago,my spouse doesn’t respect me,he hit me and
insult everyday’,said Amal with tears in her eyes.Men still think a woman’s best
place at home to clean clothes and take care of her children,no more.Plus,early
marriage is still common in Morocco,especially in rural areas.If a woman chooses
her husband,the family rarely accepts the idea,which causes a lot problems
between the girl and her family.

Sara works in a small company.After she graduated from university,she

started working to help her family financially.She has a lot of trouble at work.’My
boss always asks me for a love relationship and when I refused he fired me from
my job.Now,I am jobless.

1-COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CHART.

INFORMATION PARAGRAPH

a-Sara got a diploma from university 3

b-Women are still face a lot of ………………

problems in their life.
………………
c-Women fight for their right.

2-ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE ?JUSTIFY.

a-Sara lost her job because she came late to work.

b-Not all women celebrate ‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY’.

c-Men believe women should work.

3-ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
a-Why did Amal leave her job?

b-What are the problems do women still face today?

c-Do you think women should work?Why?

4-WHAT DO THE WORDS BELOW REFER TO?

This day : (paragraph 1) _______________ They (paragraph 2) ___________

5-FIND WORDS OR PHRASES WHICH MEAN THAT.

Husband :( paragraph 2) ____________ problem :(paragraph 3)__________

Noun ADJECTIVE VERB

Freedom Free Free

Acceptance Acceptable Accept

Friendship Friendly Befried

Tolerance Tolerant Tolerate

Achievement +++++++++++++ Achieve

Empowerment Empowered Empower

Power Powerful/powerless ++++++++++++++

Economy Economic ++++++++++++++

Politics Political ++++++++++++++

1-COMPARISON OF WOMEN IN THE PAST AND IN
THE PRESENT.

In the Past,
 a- Women could not go to school.(illiteracy)
b- Women could not voice her opinion(slavery)
c- Women could not say no to polygamy (polygamy)
d- Women were victims of violence at
home(domestic violence)
e- Women could not vote in elections.
f- Women could not choose her husband.

In the Present
a- Women can go to school.(literacy)
b- Women can voice her opinion(freedom)
c- Women can say no to polygamy (
d- Women can vote in elections.

e-Women can choose her husband.

1- MATCH EACH WORD WITH ITS DIFINITION

WORD DEFINITION
1-Polygamy a-A wrong image about a group of people
2-Feminism b-Male or female
3-Stereotype c-having more than one spouse.
4-Gender d-a movement that defends women’s rights

5-Violence e-action which intends to hurt people.

2-WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WOMEN TODAY?

I think women’s situation is better today because they ……..
……………………………………………………………….
I think the situation of women in the past was bad because ….
…………………………………………………………………

3-INSERT THE RIGHT WORD FROM THE LIST.

Participation –Discrimination –rights – domestic violence –

a-Women celebrate the 8th of March to defend their _____________

b-Women’s _____________in development is a must today.

c-Despite having the right to job,women still face __________at home.

d-The government works hard to stop ____________.

4-PUT THE WORDS BETWEEN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT FORM.

a-Linda faces gender (discriminate) _____________at work.

b-Women who have a (weakness) ____________personality can’t make

history.

c-We should encourage women’s (participate) ____________in all sectors.

d-Women must (development) ______________a sense of personality.

e-Women’s (involve) _____________in life is a moral obligation.

Verb Adjective Noun

Develop Developed Development

Participate Participatory Participation

Involve Involved Involvement

Empower Empowered Empowerment

Discriminate Discriminatory Discrimination

 PREFIX AND SUFFIX
A prefix is a group of letters placed before the root of a word

EXAMPLE
a-It is impossible to for women to be equal to to men.

b-It is illegal to take drugs to smoke.

c-This is a non-smoking room.

d-Some teachers are unjust to their students.

e-Women are unsatisfied about their situation today.

f-Re-write this essay.It is badly written.

g-I apologize for her because she misunderstands my words.

h-I met my ex-teacher in the mall last weekend.

Prefix meaning Example

 il Not Illegal/illegitimate

non Not Non-stop/non-smoking

un Un Unhappy/unequal

re Again Re-write/re-read

anti Against Anti-virus/anti-social

ex Former Ex-teacher/ex-president

dis Not Disagree/disappear

mis Wrong Misunderstand

co Together Co-operate

inter Global International

pre Before Pre-school

Violence against women and girls takes many different forms, including
domestic violence, sexual assault and harassment, child, early and
forced marriage, sex trafficking, so called ‘honor’ crimes and female.It is
rooted in the gender inequality that women face throughout their lives from
childhood through to old age.

It is one of the most widespread violations of human rights and has long-
term devastating effects on the lives of women, their communities and wider
society. It is time to say ‘enough is enough’. We want violence against
women to end.