Important Vocabulary related to women
- Power قوة
- Empower يمكن (v)
- Empowerment تمكين
- Self-confidence الثقة بالنفس
- Emancipation تحرير
- Gender Equality المساواة بين الجنسين
- Access to education ولوج التعليم
- Educated women المرأة المتعلمة
- Working women المرأة العاملة
- Women’s status وضع المرأة
- Welfare رفاهية
- Family code مدونة الأسرة
- Feminism نضرية المساواة بين الجنسين
- Low salary راتب منخفض
- High salary راتب عالي
- Polygamy تعدد الزوجات
- Stereotype صورة نمطية
- Inferiority الاحساس بالنقص
- Inferior أدنى مكانة
- Dominance of men هيمنة الرجال
- Discrimination الميز
- Gender discrimination الميز بين الجنسين
- Violation of rights انتهاك الحقوق
- Violence عنف
- Women’s exclusion اقصاء المرأة
- Women’s day يوم المرأة
- Gender الجنس: رجل أو إمرأة
- Law قانون
- professional career مشوار مهني
Exercise 1 :
Choose the right words to fill in the blanks : self-confident – Polygamy – empower –inferiority – Stereotype – access to education – educated – Equality – Emancipation – Family code.
- _____ are obstacles that hinder women’s advancement in different domains.
- Thanks to the new Moroccan _____ the status of women has changed .
- According to the new ‘Mudawana’, _____ can’t be practiced without the first wife’s permission.
- All over the world, women have always had a continuous struggle for _____
- It’s true that a lot of women and girls in Morocco have _____. However, their situation is still not perfect.
- Education and gender equality _____ women in their societies.
- Some women are powerful, but they don’t believe in their abilities. They are not __
- _____ Women can raise strong families.
- Women still feel _____ in some countries.
Exercise 2 :
Choose the right words to fill in the blanks : gender equality – violence – inferior – violations of rights – women’s exclusion.
- Forbidding women from education is one of the big _____ .
- Thanks to ‘Modawana’, _____ against women has decreased.
- Some societies still suffer from _____ in getting jobs. As a result, it’s hard for a woman to find a job.
- In the past, some people believe that women are _____ and should have less rights.
- _____ refers to the equal treatment to men and women.
Useful Examples
- Negative stereotypes are obstacles that hinder women’s advancement in different domains.
- Thanks to the new Moroccan family code, the status of women has noticeably changed.
- According to the new ‘Mudawana’, polygamy can’t be practiced without the first wife’s approval.
- All over the world, women have always had a continuous struggle for emancipation.
- Meriam Chadid was the first woman to set foot on the Antarctica, where she patriotically and proudly raised Morocco’s flag.
- Nawal Almoutawakil is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
- Women have demonstrated considerable leadership in community, as well as in public office.
- Moroccan rural women need education as well as health care.
- However, they still suffer from negative stereotyping.
- Along with being busy with her professional career, Karima manages her family life.
- Educated women have a big influence on society. Moreover, they contribute to the welfare of their families.
- Educated women look after their houses. They also work outside their homes.
- Despite spending much time at work, working women are able to perfectly manage their households.
- In spite of the efforts made by the government to alleviate poverty, the problem still persists.
- It’s true that a lot of women and girls in Morocco have access to education. However, their situation is far from perfect.
- Although, Globalization has a positive impact on women’s status, they are still regarded as inferior in some societies.
- No matter what your social status, you must abide by the law.
