International Women’s Day jigsaw reading & discussions
read more about International women’s day
% women in parliaments around the world here
Equal representation?
EU leaders:
Rwandan parliament:
Famous women from different countries:
Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farah_Pahlavi
Marjane Sartrapi – writer and artist:
Body language – discussion & reading:
new words:
illiterate adjective
C2 unable to read and write:A surprising percentage of the population is illiterate.
Compare
› knowing little or nothing about a particular subject:computer illiterate financially/technologically illiterate
ignorance noun [U]
tolerate verb [T]
B2 to accept behaviour and beliefs that are different from yourown, although you might not agree with or approve of them:I will not tolerate that kind of behaviour in my class.[+ -ing verb] I won’t tolerate lying.
behalf noun
on behalf of sb (US also in behalf of sb, on sb’s behalf, US also insb’s behalf)
More examples
- The executive of the health workers‘ union accepted the proposedpay increase on behalf of their members.
- He gave what amounted to an apology on behalf of his company.
- What a liberty, to refuse the invitation on your behalf, without evenasking you!
- He’s spending a lot of his time at the moment campaigning on behalf of the Conservative Party.
- The company was set up to buy and sell shares on behalf of investors.
B2 representing:On behalf of the entire company, I would like to thank you for all your work.
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