traditions; to retain one's nationality; traffic in women; to accede to (the Convention); to be legally bound to ; to put the provisions into practice; to submit a report on ; to comply with

traditions; to retain one's nationality; traffic in women; to accede to (the Convention); to be legally bound to...; to put the provisions into practice; to submit a report on...; to comply with the obligations.

3. Translate the definition of discrimination against women given in the Convention into
Russian (Paragraph 3). Do some dictionary research to provide more definitions of the
word "discrimination".

4. Judging by the text of the Convention, what are the main fields where women are
discriminated against?

Prompts

to be discriminated against in to be maltreated to look down on smb to regard with contempt to have/develop an inferiority complex to detest; to despise; to resent smb or smth to be frowned on to hate the sight of Continue the list with your own contribution.

5. Find some reference material to answer the following questions:

- Does our Constitution contain any provisions on the issue? What are they?

- Does the American Constitution guarantee women's equality? What is the current
status of the 27th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? (ERA - Equal Rights
Amendment)

Make use of the vocabulary given in Tasks 2 and 4.

6. Insert prepositions if necessary:

1) Both men and women should have an equal access... political and public life. 2) Signatories to the Convention decided to take all possible measures... all forms... traffic... women. 3) The Convention recognized the fact that in some cases women are discriminated.... 4)... the provisions.. the Convention States parties have committed themselves to comply... the obligations. 5) All acts... discrimination... women... persons, organizations, or enterprises should be put an end....

7. Choose one of the areas in which in your opinion Russian women are discriminated
against. Do some library or Internet research to obtain some facts to support your
arguments. Prepare an emotional speech on the issue and present it to the class. Finish
your speech with a proposal how to combat this kind of discrimination.

Suggested topics:

a) Women and Politics. Why have there been so few women cabinet members in Russia?

b) Why do so few women stand for election? Does a woman have a chance to be elected
President of Russia? If not, why?

c) Women and Business. Why do so few women get to the top of their career ladder?

d) Women and Society. Does society have stricter moral demands on women? Why?

Vocabulary prompts:

a) One of the features of highly emotional utterance is a wide usage of intensifying adjectives. When describing physical objects you can use a variety of adjectives such as: Large, big, tiny, small, etc. However, when describing abstract nouns you need to pay careful attention to the choice of intensifying adjectives. These are the most

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