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Kingdom chosen to chair Commission on Status of Women after unopposed bid, to dismay of human rights groups
Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the chair of the UN commission that is supposed to promote gender equality and empower women around the world, after an unopposed bid for leadership condemned by human rights groups because of the kingdom’s “abysmal” record on women’s rights.
The Saudi ambassador to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was elected as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW), by “acclamation” on Wednesday, as there were no rival candidates and no dissent at the CSW’s annual meeting in New York.
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WTF is even happening anymore
I’m ready to Revolute. Let’s get a sign up sheet started
We will meet at Area 51
This world is a clown show
Can we start to call out how corrupt the UN has become? China, Russia, Saudi Arabia have started to dominate the UN while doing stuff like this and vetoing things that affect their long term goals, like stuff that benefits human rights, while all having abysmal human rights abuse records.
I’m not educated enough on the topic to argue that as a whole, but the article does say the Saudi ambassador was elected to the CSW unopposed.
The takeaway, for me, is that more sane people need to get involved at all levels (dog catcher, school boards, town councils, etc, all the way up).
Charbonneau said HRW tried to lobby other countries among the current 45 CSW members, which include states with much better records on women’s rights like the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal and Switzerland.
“If they all raised a big enough stink, then it wouldn’t happen,” he said. “But everyone is just quiet. Someone could call a vote, and no one seems to want to do that either, which strikes me as ridiculous.”
There’s definitely something corrupt and fuckey going on here.
Why were they allowed to run unopposed?
oil
The Thick of It and then Veep had to be canceled because the world was turning them into docudramas.
This is ridiculous. The UN is a fucking joke and has been for years.
after an unopposed bid
I mean, if literally nobody else made a proposal for this, what are the UN’s options? Just put it in some unprepared location? Cancel it? Do some lame virtual thingy? Sometimes you’re just dealt a shitty hand and there’s no good way to play it
Waiting for the democracy conference in North Korea and anti chemical weapon conference in Russia
What about an anti chemical propelled weapons conference?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Bangladesh was expected to take over but late in the process, Saudi Arabia stepped in and lobbied for the chair, in what is widely seen as an attempt to burnish the kingdom’s image.
Sherine Tadros, the head of the New York office of Amnesty International, pointed out that Saudi Arabia will be in the chair next year, on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing declaration, a landmark blueprint for advancing women’s rights globally.
“Whoever is in the chair, which is now Saudi Arabia, is in a key position to influence the planning, the decisions, the taking stock, and looking ahead, in a critical year for the commission,” Tadros said.
Refusal to have sex with her husband, live in the marital home or travel with him without a “legitimate excuse” can also justify the withdrawal of financial support under the law.
Amnesty International said a leaked draft of a forthcoming new penal code “fails to protect women and girls from all forms of gender-based violence”.
Charbonneau said HRW tried to lobby other countries among the current 45 CSW members, which include states with much better records on women’s rights like the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal and Switzerland.
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Does the UN expect people to take them seriously anymore. It’s no wonder Israel just ignores them.
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This is the dumbest timeline, I swear
Well the guardian sure has an opinion what do the rightwingers say?
I know! They don’t allow women to control their own bodies. Having to travel thousands of miles for medically required procedures when their lives are in danger. Women fear for their loves walking down the street. Crime is rampant. Humanitarian rights down the drain supporting genocide of an entire people…
Oh wait. That’s the USA. Hmm.
