1 What do you know about Emma Watson? Choose the items that are related to her. Then, compare your answers with those of a classmate. a. She is an actress and activist. b. She is from the United States. c. She is famous for her participation in the Harry Potter film series. d. She is United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador. 2 Based on the title and the structure of the following text, what can you say about it? Choose a or a. The text is a speech by Emma Watson. b. The text is a letter from Emma Watson. 3 What do you expect to read about in the text? Reading gender: gênero 4 Now read the text to check your predictions. X issue: problema, questão ... ←→www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2014/9/emma-watson-gender-equality-is-your✩ UN WOMEN UN WOMEN E ABOUT WHAT WE DO WHERE WE ARE HOW WE WORK EXECUTIVE BOARD COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TRUST FUNDS GET INVOLVED PARTNERSHIPS NEWS AND EVENTS DIGITAL LIBRARY Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014 Speech by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at a special event for the HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 20 September 2014 Today we are launching a campaign called "HeForShe." - and to I am reaching out to you because I need your help. We want to end gender inequality do that we need everyone to be involved. (...) Lam from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male counterparts. (...) I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies rend decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where all women can expect to receive these rights. No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality. These rights I consider to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones. (...) My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn't assume I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influencers were the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today. They may not know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world today. And we need more of those. (...) Men - I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender equality is your issue too. (...) If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are - we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It's about freedom. (...) We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is we have a uniting movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward, to be seen to speak up, to be the "he" for "she". And to ask yourself if not me, who? If not now, when? Thank you. UN WOMEN. Emma Watson: gender equality is your issue too. 20 set. 2014. Disponível em: www.unwomen.org/en/ news/stories/2014/9/emma-watson-gender-equality-is-your-issue-too. Acesso em: 22 jun. 2022. Le@rning on the web O vídeo completo do discurso de Emma Watson sobre a campanha HeForShe está disponível em: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gkjW9PZBRfk. Para conhecer mais detalhes sobre HeForShe, visite: www.heforshe.org (Acesso em: 22 jun. 2022). 5 What is the HeForShe campaign about? Choose a or b. a. It is a uniting movement to fight for children's rights. b. It is a solidarity campaign for gender equality initiated by UN Women. 6 In your notebook, write T (True) or F (False). Then, correct the false statements. a. The HeForShe campaign invites men to be involved in the movement of gender equality. b. Some countries in the world have achieved gender equality. c. Emma Watson thinks it is wrong that women be involved in the decision-making of her country. TIP Observe a importância da língua inglesa em textos, como o discurso de Emma Watson, para a divulgação e discussão de diferentes ideias e posicionamentos políticos. 7 For each item, choose a fragment from the text that refers to Emma Watson's opinion about gender equality. a. It is right that women and men are paid the same. b. It is right that women and men receive the same treatment. c. It is right that women participate in the process of deciding about my country. 8 Answer the following questions. a. In "Gender equality is your issue too", who is Emma Watson talking to? b. Taking into consideration that Emma's speech is in English, who can her words reach?