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UNIT 11 - Women's Rights As A Human Right
UNIT 11 - Women's Rights As A Human Right
I. Contesta lo siguiente.
A. Lee el título del texto y haz una lectura tipo scanning para localizar todos los nombres
propios y observa cuáles están repetidos.
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II. Lee los siguientes enunciados y sobre el espacio marca V (verdadero) o F (falso).
v
____ 1. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the the UN General
Assembly.
F 2. The General Assembly declared 1970 as the International Women’s Year.
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V 3. (CEDAW) means Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
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Women.
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F 4. The first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City in 1976.
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V 5. The second World Conference on Women was held in Copenhagen in 1980.
Verifica las respuestas con el texto y anota el número de los renglones donde encontraste la
información.
III. Relaciona las dos columnas. Anota las letras correspondientes en los espacios en blanco.
Las expresiones temporales de la izquierda siguen el orden cronológico del texto.
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1.- In the beginning ____ a) The International Feminist movement began to gain
momentum during the 1970s. 7
a-7
2.- Then ____ b) The General Assembly adopted the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women 13
b-13
3.- Finally ____ c) Gender Equality was made part of International Human
Rights Law.
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4.- In 1980 ____ d) the General Assembly declared the International
Women’s Year 8
d-8
5.- In 1975 ____ e) a Second World Conference on Women was held in
Copenhagen
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Las expresiones there is y there are hablan de la existencia o no-existencia de las cosas, como en
español hay.
Del mismo modo las expresiones there was y there were refieren al pasado había/ habían.
SINGULAR PLURAL
AFIRMATIVO / NEGATIVO AFIRMATIVO / NEGATIVO
PRESENTE THERE IS … / THERE IS NO(T)… THERE ARE… / THERE ARE
NO(T)…
PASADO THERE WAS/… THERE WERE NO (T)…
In the 30 articles of the Convention there are the explicit definitions of discrimination against
women and set up an agenda for national action to end such discrimination.
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Lee las siguientes oraciones y anota su significado en español.
En inglés, los verbos compuestos (phrasal verbs) se usan frecuentemente. Estos verbos constan de
un verbo y una partícula.
Por ejemplo:
Make up, make out, make for, etc.
Las siguientes oraciones tomadas del texto contienen verbos compuestos. Subráyalos y anota
su significado en español en la línea en blanco.
1.- Gender Equality was made part of international human rights law by the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights.
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2.- That milestone document in the history of human rights tell apart that “All human beings are
born free and equal in dignity and rights”.
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3.- A Second World Conference on Women was held in Copenhagen in 1980.
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4.- In 1979, the General Assembly became involved in the Convention on the Elimination of All
Forms of Discrimination against Women.
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5.- The General Assembly declared 1975 as the International Women’s Year and set up the first
World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City.
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V. Contesta lo siguiente.
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