Its not breaking, its been shattered on the floor since the 80’s. Meet me at c/seitch to plan the global revolt.
In Saudi Arabia it’s a woman’s right to be raped by her husband.
To have them as chair for gender equality is a sad joke. Basically it’s like having a bunch of rapists protecting women against rape.Fuck dictator authoritarians, and fuck Sharia Law. Saudi Arabia represent both. They are worse than dogs.
What do you have against dogs?
I love dogs, but to most muslims, dogs are considered unclean, so I was speaking on their terms.
Representatives of authoritarians and Sharia law are worse than unclean, in the eye of all that is decent.Can’t you say they’re dirtier than a dung beetle?
What do you have against dung beetles?
They’re dirty and stink. Other than that they’re fine. But they’re a better comparison of cleanliness than dogs.
Had an adorable shiba that would eat his own shit. He preferred if they froze in the yard overnight tho… shit-cicles
That made me lol, thanks for that.
Idk man, my dog keeps eating cat poop out of the litter box, so maybe the comparison isn’t entirely unfounded.
You might stink too.
if women’s right where to be decided by men (only), then men’s right should be decided by women.
We have oil tycoons run our climate summits, so sure, why not.
Maybe we can get SBF and Bernie Madoff to put something together on fiscal responsibility.
This entire fiasco is completely confusing. As far as I understand there was pressure for the current chair to drop the position and hand it over to someone else, Bangladesh was expected to take over but Saudi Arabia lobbied for the chair (this is the part that confuses me, do they think holding the position will boost their public image?). Since there were no rival candidates, part of the lobbying, they were unanimously voted for because the UN cannot be bothered to actually give a damn about women’s rights and wanted the whole meeting to be over with*.
So now we’ll get another 2 years of minimal progress from the CSW, as has been the case in the past, and Saudi Arabia will be in a scrutinising light for the duration but not much will fundamentally change.
I hope I’m proven wrong!
- pessimistic? realistic?
minimal progress
bold of you to assume they’ll be any progress
Somehow I did not even consider the fact they lobbied for the position to purposefully undermine women’s rights… just horrific.
Life is a curse.
Saudi Arabia got appointed the chair to try to shame them into doing better, it’s not because the UN is anti gender equality
That’s an interesting view/idea. Is that a reoccurring theme in politics? Like, I’m wondering if there have been similar cases and if yes how well did they work.
I can imagine something similar happening at school, where eg. kids who litter or destroy plants or furniture are assigned to cleanup/anti litter duty or to gardening work or to furniture maintenance. I think I remember seeing similar things, the idea being that it helps those kids learn to better understand the work that goes into such tasks and the value behind them. Basically it helps build your morals and values or something along those lines.
The way I see it maybe this decision could promote gender equality organisations that are active in Saudi Arabia. It could create or increase social awareness for this topic. Being given a responsibility can make you put more effort into it than you did before because suddenly the effort counts twice.
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.
artsource : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/nY6axe
Next: Israel to head Human Rights commission
Previously: Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
If a Dutch person was elected the other countries will just see it as “another westerner telling them what real culture looks like.” A person from the strictest Arab country can offer a better view into important changes that can/need to be made.
And Afghanistan was not available on that week?
yes but frankly literally any arab country would’ve been better
I wonder who they bribed to get this.
