Emma Watson: UN speech (HeForShe Campaign), 20 September 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk

1.       What does she ask the audience for?

2.       How many similar campaigns have there been at the UN?

3.       What is feminism often regarded as?

4.       How old was she when she started to think about gender issues?

5.       What were her male friends having difficulties doing when they were 18?

6.       In her opinion, about what should a women be able to decide herself?

7.       What kind of word has feminism become?

8.       Which country is gender-equal?

9.       What or who influenced her in her thinking about gender stereotypes?

10.   Who gave a famous speech in China about women’s rights?

11.   What is the number 1 cause of death among young men in Britain?

12.   Does she have a special qualification to be giving a speech in the UN?

13.   How many years will it take to eliminate the pay gap (if nothing is done against it now)?

14.   What should everybody ask oneself?




Key:

1.       Help/involvement

2.       none/ this is the first

3.       man-hating

4.       eight

5.       express their feelings

6.       her own body

7.       unpopular/uncomfortable

8.       none

9.       parents, school, mentors

10.   Hilary Clinton

11.   suicide

12.   no, she doubts it too

13.   75 years

14.   if not me, who? If not now, when?