Emeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 28, 2024

Its beyond satire really...

The UN has just appointed (by acclamation - there were no other candidates put forward) the Ambassador from Saudi Arabia to he'd up the UN Commission that is supposed to promote women's rights across the world & empower women politically....

Given the grudging, uneven & slow progress on such empowerment in his own state, the notion that this can possibly be a positive more for global women is beyond belief.

#sexism #feminism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/saudi-arabia-un-womens-rights-commission

UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record

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

The Guardian
Show threadAndrewMar 28, 2024
@ChrisMayLA6
I also observed yesterday that this development is beyond satire.
Mostly though it's truly, gobsmackingly obnoxious towards women.
It would be on a par with Israel heading up a Commission on genocide.
Ineffably absurd
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@ChrisMayLA6
Recent events really are laying bare what an impotent, hollowed out organisation the UN currently is. The major state actors categorically do not want a UN with teeth, so I would guess that the UN's gradual emasculation will continue. It will, I imagine, continue its existence as a veneer of fairness and propriety.
These are dark times
Mar 28, 2024 at 7:53amWeb
Show threadEmeritus Prof Christopher MayMar 28, 2024

@Shivviness

yes, I think that's a plausible interpretation of why developed states sat on their hands when the objections to the Saudi chair were invited....