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Description

Meeting activities for International Women’s Day (March) or International Day of the Girl Child (October).
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) focusses on gender equality, and this activity is centered around the same. It could be done either on International Women’s Day – or later on International Day of the Girl Child – to introduce our young Ladybirds to the theme of gender equality, as well as the realisation that they can be anything they want to be.

Resources

Laptop or screen to show Youtube videos and pictures of the jobs that women can do, to accompany the ‘Can a Woman’ song.

Instructions

Activity 1 (15 minutes):

Circle time on how important it is that we all know that a girl can do anything, and that girls should expect the same rewards for any work they do as boys receive.

Show Video -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLr2GNRnmXM

(From International Women’s Day 2018)

Chat about the video and ask if the Ladybirds think it is fair that the boys got more sweets than the girls; should they both have gotten the same? Do they think that happens in our country? Or in other countries?


Activity 2 (10 minutes):

Play the song ‘Can a Woman…’

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hEqKhhsmaVQ

Can a woman fly an airplane? Yes, she can, yes she can!
Can a woman build a building? Yes, she can, yes she can!

Can a woman fight a fire? Can a woman change a tyre? Can a woman lead a choir?
Yes she can, yes she can, yes she can!

Can a woman be a lawyer? Yes, she can, yes she can!
Can a woman fix an engine? Yes, she can, yes she can!

Can a woman be a drummer? Can a woman be a plumber? Can she play ball in the summer?
Yes, she can, yes she can, yes she can!

Can a woman be a doctor? Yes, she can, yes she can!
Can a woman drive a tractor? Yes, she can, yes she can!

Can a woman lead a nation? Can she run a TV station? Can she head a corporation?
Yes, she can, yes she can, yes she can!

Just you wait until we're older - Then you'll see! Then you'll see!!
We'll be women in tomorrow's History, History!

As we grow up through the years, We'll sing out loud and clear
Can we start the process here?
YES, WE CAN, YES WE CAN

Tags

• choice challenge
• Equality
• feminism
• gce
• gender equality
• global citizenship education
• International Day of the girl
• International Womens Day
• Ladybird
• SDG
• sdg 10 reduced inequalities
• SDG 5 Gender Equality
• SDG5
• spring
• Trefoil News
• Trefoil News 2023
• Trefoil News Spring 2023
• Women

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