Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said:
“The Commission on the Status of Women has a clear mandate to promote women’s rights and gender equality and it is vital for the chair of the commission to uphold this. Saudi Arabia’s abysmal record when it comes to protecting and promoting the rights of women puts a spotlight on the vast gulf between the lived reality for women and girls in Saudi Arabia, and the aspirations of the Commission.
Next week, adolf hitler is appointed chair of the Shoah Foundation.
This sounds like an onion article headline.
I wouldn’t want to work at a satire newspaper nowadays.
Such a newspaper isn’t needed anymore.
Haha, the UN is such a joke.
They must do this stuff on purpose for the lols, no way a legitimate group that means well would actually put Saudi Arabia in charge of gender equality.
It runs democratically. That means it is possible to subvert it with calculated strategic maneuvering.
The only alternative would be if it were some authoritarian global government, which is what most of us don’t actually want, incidentally.
I never understand how people think any form of government or institution is supposed to work properly, unless people fight for it to do so. All things are potentially corruptible if we let it happen. All systems eventually, at some point, end up hinging on the honor system. And the simpler the system is, the easier it is to corrupt. If it was an absolutist monarchy, all you’d need to corrupt would be the king. Just one person. Very simple.
There are a lot of Muslim countries in the UN and they buy and sell votes all the time.
So, why exactly?
The UN cannot be THAT dumb, they must understand how this looks and will work… Are they hoping thst, lastinute, SA will get their shit together and decides to treat women like human beings? Doubtful, this is not a Hollywood movie.
