Day 12: Gender Equality
In today’s activities pupils will learn what Goal 5 is all about and how Irish Aid and its partners, are working to achieve Gender Equality worldwide
Pupils will watch a video to learn about Female Food Heroes in Tanzania. Activities will develop pupils reading and writing skills and encourage creativity.
Step 2: Watch ‘Sharon Corr meets the Female Food Heroes’
Learn about the importance of female farmers in Tanzania.
Sharon Corr is an Irish singer who is well known for her charity work with Oxfam, an NGO supported by the government of Ireland.
Step 3: Meet Ester from Tanzania
Find out why she is a Female Food Hero!
Step 4: Complete an activity
Choose one (or more) of the activities below:
Scroll through the Generation Equality Slideshow
Want to go Further?
Colour in the pictures about Gender Equality
Get a parent to sit down with you and ask them to complete this quiz on women’s unpaid work!
Read the comic Chakra the Invincible to see a boy and girl work together for equality
Curriculum Links
English Language: Reading (understanding, exploring and using); Writing (exploring and using)
Gaeilge Language: Léitheoireacht (Tuiscint; Fiosrú agus úsáid)
Geography: Human Environments (People living and working in local areas; People and other Lands);
SPHE: Myself and others; Myself and the wider world
Visual Arts: Drawing