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Rights for girls and women around the world

  • Grade 6
  • Social Studies
  • 1 min 19 s
  • British Columbia
  • BC6-SS-04

A banner shows the promise of equal rights: a woman and a man with an equals sign, the 1948 human rights declaration, and the treaty almost every country has agreed to that bans unfair treatment of women. Three cards below show where real life still falls short (about 2 in 3 adults who cannot read and write are women, women are paid about 20% less on average, and women hold about 1 in 4 seats in parliaments), then Goal 5 (gender equality by 2030) appears and the video ends on "Equal rights are promised, but not yet real everywhere."

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The question this lesson answers

Do girls and women around the world have the same rights as boys and men?

In 1948, the United Nations declared that every person has equal human rights, women and men alike.

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What the lesson says

Do girls and women around the world have the same rights as boys and men?

In 1948, the United Nations declared that every person has equal human rights, women and men alike.

Since then, almost every country has agreed to a United Nations treaty to end unfair treatment of women.

But in many countries, laws and daily life are still not equal for women.

Unfair differences in rights and chances between women and men are called gender inequality.

In some places, many girls are still kept out of school.

Around the world, about 2 in 3 adults who cannot read and write are women.

On average, women around the world are paid about 20 percent less than men.

Women hold only about 1 in 4 seats in the world's parliaments, where laws are made.

Gaps like these can make it harder for women and their families to escape poverty.

In 2015, the countries of the United Nations set Goal 5: gender equality by 2030.

Equal rights for girls and women are promised around the world, but they are not yet real everywhere.

Curriculum

Where this fits

British Columbia, Grade 6

Social Studies, Global issues: global poverty and inequality issues, including class structure and genderBC6-SS-04

Previous: Who Owns the World's Wealth?Next: Using Natural Resources: Balancing Jobs and Nature

The outcomes and strands follow the British Columbia curriculum.

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