Against the pushback, we PushForward
( https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/sites/podcasts/files/LearnEnglish-Video-zone-Against-the-pushback.pdf)
When women’s rights go backwards, the only answer is to keep pushing forwards.
Tasks
ACTIVITY 1. Match the definitions (a–h) with the vocabulary (1–8).
Vocabulary
1. …… a quest
2. …… a pushback
3. …… an assault
4. …… mounting
5. …… to go unchecked
6. …… momentum
7. …… to enshrine
8. …… to advocate
Definition
a. a negative reaction or opposition to something
b. to continue freely, without limits
c. to protect something officially, e.g. by including it in a law or
policy
d. a violent attack
e. to publicly show your support for something (DEFENDER)
f. a long search for something valuable or important
g. the energy that keeps a moving object moving and makes it
hard to stop (IMPULSO)
h. increasing or growing
ACTIVITY 2. Watch this video, which 5 rights and goals are mentioned in the video?
ACTIVITY 3. Complete the sentences with words below.
action back forward momentum obstacles rights
unchecked won
1. Sometimes it seems as though a step forward for women’s rights is followed by two steps ……………………………… .
2. Unfortunately, girls’ education faces mounting ……………………………… .
3. Now is the time to add ……………………………… to the women’s rights movement, so that the hard-……………………………… progress is not undone.
4. Although some people push back against women’s rights, we should push …………………………… .
5. We must not allow violence to go ……………………………… . Instead, we must take ……………………………… to end violence.
6. We can make progress if we enshrine women’s ……………………………… in laws.
ANSWERS
ACT.1
1. f
2. a
3. d
4. h
5. b
6. g
7. c
8. e
2.
1. Gender equality
2. Women making decisions about their own bodies
3. Receiving an education
4. Voting
5. The right to live free from violence
3
1. back
2. obstacles
3. momentum, won
4. forward
5. unchecked, action
6. rights
ACTIVITY 4. Take a look to the following Shorts of the week and answer the questions:
SHORT OF THE WEEK : Dear Daddy
SHORT OF THE WEEK: Like a Girl
ACTIVITY 5. Create a pamphlet about the Elimination of Violence against Woman. Here you have some samples. Be creative!
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