UK government refuses to deny voting to put Saudi Arabia on the UN Women's Commission

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UK government refuses to deny voting to put Saudi Arabia on the UN Women's Commission

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...n-prime-minister-apology-gender-a7707731.html


A Foreign Office spokesman refused to say how the UK had voted after the oil rich Middle Eastern kingdom had been given a place on the body which is "exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women", according to its website.

The country ranks 141/144 for gender equality in the World Economic Forum’s 2016 Global Gender Gap report - third place from the bottom. Women cannot drive and need permission from a male guardian to travel, work, marry, access healthcare and even leave prison.

Disgraceful bunch of toadying toffs, riding on the last ripples of imperialism.
 
Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a human rights group that acts as a UN watchdog.

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Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a human rights group that acts as a UN watchdog.

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Oh I forgot to mention he is Jewish, Israel's Ma'ariv newspaper named him in their list of the“Top 100 Most Influential Jewish People in the World.”

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