Saudi Arabia to chair UN forum on women's rights

[CD Xbow]

I thought this was a joke, albeit a sick one, when I first saw the headlines.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/28/middleeast/saudi-arabia-chair-un-gender-equality-forum-intl/index.html

But, no it's true. The fox has been put in charge of the hen house. Yet another farcical UN decision.
For some reason the story has not got a lot of traction in our press, which is the main reason I started the thread.
I don't know how this can happen when the Saudis are infamous for treating women so badly, as chattels, imprisoning women activists, allowing honour killings of women etc. Human rights watch has an article why woman flee Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: 10 Reasons Why Women Flee

Rahaf Mohammed, the Saudi woman who managed to successfully flee her allegedly abusive family, has shed new light on the countless women trapped under the abusive male guardianship system in Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch said today. Women face systematic discrimination and are left exposed to...

www.hrw.org

Some folks, well this man at least, thinks we should give them the Saudi the chance.

Give Saudi Arabia a chance to prove itself as chair of UN Women’s Rights Forum

For those screaming out against Saudi Arabia being appointed chair of the United Nations’ top forum for women’s rights and gender equality, I suggest they reach out to the Kingdom’s ambassador to t…

thehill.com

The chance to do what I'm not quite sure. The words apologist and shill come to mind after reading it. Main argument seems to be Saudi Arabia is powerful so we should let them.

 

[barreness]

Classic eh, bit like cop28 being chaired by the head of an oil company and held in Dubai

Christmas voting for turkeys, idk I'm out of analogies, lay down misere against a baby in a lolly fight. The world just runs on pure open hand corruption now.

 

[Demonic Ascent]

I thought this was going to be a really poor April Fools thread

 

[HairyO]

The West eats itself while the rest of the world laughs and laughs.

Well the despotic leaders laugh. Their people suffer but they dont really count.

 

[CD Xbow]

I thought this was going to be a really poor April Fools thread

Sadly it is not.
I'd forgotten that April the 1st was coming up and it could be taken as a gag.
Perhaps I should add a disclaimer 'This is not an April Fools Day joke'

 

[Ballarat Bob]

Saudi solution for women's rights.

Men determine what rights women have.
Women obey your husband he knows what your rights are.
The end.