Gender Equality

Yesterday in class we were learning about gender. Today, we did that some more. Mrs. L gave each of us a piece of paper. On it, it had the name of a girl and a bit about her life. We all lined up at the end of the hall. Then Mrs. L called out questions like "Can you go to school" or "Can you wear what you want" – stuff like that. If you thought that your character would reply yes to a question, you had to take a step forward. As more questions were called out, it was clear that there was a big gap in the middle of the hall. My character, Francoise, was a girl who lived in Paris and had a very good quality of life, so I was towards the front of the hall and answered "yes" to most of the questions. The girls who were on the same side of the hall as I was were those in the 1st world. Then at the back of the hall, those were part of the 3rd world. It was a good way to understand the differences in gender equality in different parts of the world.