Speaking of brazenly unapologetically insulting women –
UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum
Hello, UN? Define “women’s rights” for us.
… Read the restSaudi 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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Normally a country holds the chair for two years,