Kingdom chosen to chair Commission on Status of Women after unopposed bid, to dismay of human rights groups

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.

  • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgEnglish
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    6 months ago

    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).

    • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      6 months ago

      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.