I'm appalled today that Saudi Arabia got a seat on the UN agency for women's equality and rights. Look at the headline there:
Iran loses bid to join UN Women
Saudi Arabia gets seat
Is it just me, but shouldn't the bigger headline be that Saudi Arabia got a seat? I mean, it should be a 'no shit, sherlock' moment that Iran was denied, given that they're currently planning to kill a woman for the dubious crime of adultery. It would be like giving the Pope a seat on a council to protect children from sexual abuse!
The headline should SCREAM that Saudi Arabia bought a seat, that it's a flippin' mockery of the council itself that a seat was given to a country that doesn't allow women to drive, vote, or appear outside without head covering.
Am I alone in seeing a positive to this though? With a seat on UN Women, shouldn't the rest of the UN at least attempt to hold them to a higher standard? I'm hoping that the rest of the UN starts pushing them to become a little more progressive.
2 comments:
The UN is the menz world, they have their reasons, we just don't know what they are. And so it goes indefinitely. Great post.
Thanks Toe.
It's truly baffling - and yes, it's a mens world, that UN. Hell, the whole world is a mens world.
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