Saudi Arabia was recently chosen to head the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, despite protests from international rights organizations and ongoing repression back home.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/ANfsQ
Saudi Arabia was recently chosen to head the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women, despite protests from international rights organizations and ongoing repression back home.
Archived version: https://archive.ph/ANfsQ
Why didn’t other countries apply? Is it a costly undertaking?
As I said, I’m guessing the other countries bowed out to let the Kingdom squirm.
“All right boys! You wanna talk gender equality? Go for it.”
It’s a game they didn’t want to win. I love high-level diplomacy like this. Wild shit.
The rest of the countries are tired of women having rights, they brought Saudi in to shut it down without any guilt on their parts