Ok but the UN isn’t a legislative body, it’s a forum. Everybody gets their turn, including SA. If you try to convince someone they are wrong by sitting them down and “telling them you are right”, you aren’t going to get anywhere.
Appointing them the chair of the forum puts pressure on them, and forces them to discuss their terrible ways.
The people who wrote this article knew this, it’s just clickbait because people see SA and women’s rights in the same sentence.
Veiled in this comment from Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros:
“The Commission on the Status of Women has a clear mandate to promote women’s rights and gender equality and it is vital for the chair of the commission to uphold this. Saudi Arabia’s abysmal record when it comes to protecting and promoting the rights of women puts a spotlight on the vast gulf between the lived reality for women and girls in Saudi Arabia, and the aspirations of the Commission.
Ok but the UN isn’t a legislative body, it’s a forum. Everybody gets their turn, including SA. If you try to convince someone they are wrong by sitting them down and “telling them you are right”, you aren’t going to get anywhere.
Appointing them the chair of the forum puts pressure on them, and forces them to discuss their terrible ways.
The people who wrote this article knew this, it’s just clickbait because people see SA and women’s rights in the same sentence.
Veiled in this comment from Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros: