今や皆さんも日々体感している気候変動。このreadingでは気候変動がどのように女性の生活に影響を与えているのかについて紹介がされています。一見気候変動と女性への影響はつながりを感じることができないかもしれませんが、気候変動が女性、特に社会的マイノリティにおかれている女性へどんな深刻な問題をもたらしているのでしょうか？問題と問題がぶつかり合う点をインターセクショナリティー（交差点）とアカデミックな世界では呼びますが、リーディングを通して、あなたの周りにおけるインターセクショナリティについても考えてみましょう。

次の語句に最も適切な定義や同義語を選んで記号で答えましょう。

1.correlation (a)relating to newborn children  

2.disparate (b)a set of activities essential to everyday life

3.amplify (c)related to the way in which different types of discrimination are connected to and affect each other

4.livelihoods (d) the birth of a dead fetus

5.disproportionate (e)a mutual relationship 

6.erratic (f)originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

7.vicious (g)to make something that is already bad even worse

8.stillbirth (h)present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

9.neonatal (i)a person who is related to you and who lives after you

10.intersectional (j) different in every way

11.exacerbate (k)to make larger

12.acute (l)deliberately cruel

13.indigenous    (m)too large or too small in comparison to something else

14.descendent   (n) behaving in a way that is not regular

15.prone     (o)suggesting or believing that only heterosexual relationships are normal
16.heteronormative (p)likely or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something unpleasant or regrettable.

Reading Page:

Explainer: How gender inequality and climate change are interconnected | UN Women – Headquarters

(1) What is the main point of the first paragraph? 

(a) Women’s issues have nothing to do with the climate crisis

(b) Climate change and women's issues are closely related and now is the time to talk about them.

(c) Recently, climate issues have been discussed in relation to the problems faced by women.

(d) None of the above. 

(2) Read the second part of the reading starting “How does climate change impact~?” and choose the most appropriate answer from the following.

(a) Farming is not a suitable job for women, because most women do not have sufficient physical strength.

(b) Climate change is mitigating gender discrimination.

(c) Helping in agriculture is one of the reasons why female children do not have the opportunity to go to school.

(d) None of the above. 

(3) When disasters occur, why women are less likely to survive and more likely to be injured?

(a) Because of the inequality that exists between men and women, some women do not have full access to information.

(b) There is an inequality between women living in urban centers and those living in rural areas, the latter having insufficient access to information.

(c) Climate change threatens the health of mothers and children, but there are few problems when it comes to access to information.

(d) None of the above. 

(4) What does Matcha Phorn-In, a lesbian feminist human-rights defender say about Humanitarian programmes?  

(a) Climate change has not had much of an impact on women who are in social minorities.

(b) Phorn-In sees heterosexism as a problem, pointing out that in some cases sexual and gender diversity is not recognized.

(c) The impact of climate change on women's pictures does not vary much from region to region.

(d) None of the above. 

(5) In the last paragraph, what does Dandara Rudsan’s main point? 

(a) Since the problems faced by the groups are very different, Rudsan finds it difficult to share them in the Amazon.

(b) Rudsan notes that each group has common issues, but that it takes a considerable amount of time to share them.

(c) Rudsan says that one solution to equality is to share the connections between the experiences and problems of different groups in the Amazon.

(d) None of the above. 

Leading a group discussion

今回は、Group Discussionをうまくリードするためのフレーズについて学びます。まず、３〜４人でグループを作りましょう

Readingでは、「気候変動と男女不平等（女性に起こる問題）」について紹介されていましたが、気候変動は他にも様々な事象と関連した問題を生み出します。他にどのような問題と関連があるか自分なりに考えて意見を発表してみよう。あとの３〜４人のグループ英会話練習のため、まずは以下の２つのテーマについて考え、それに加えて自分なりのテーマがあれば考えて見てください。

• テーマ１：気候変動と経済

• テーマ２：気候変動とものづくり

• テーマ３：時間があれば、それ以外も（グループ内で決める）

(1) 日本語で意見を言ってみよう。

(2) 下の会話例にしたがって、３〜４人程度のグループになってDiscussion Leaderを決め、Discussion Leaderがリードしながら、英語で自分なりの意見を言ってみよう。