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Saudi Arabia was recently chosen to head the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, despite protests from international rights organizations and ongoing repression back home.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/ANfsQ

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[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why didn’t other countries apply? Is it a costly undertaking?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

As I said, I'm guessing the other countries bowed out to let the Kingdom squirm.

"All right boys! You wanna talk gender equality? Go for it."

It's a game they didn't want to win. I love high-level diplomacy like this. Wild shit.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

The rest of the countries are tired of women having rights, they brought Saudi in to shut it down without any guilt on their parts