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.

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    7 months ago

    Because they’re the only country that applied for the post. That’s a fact.

    Maybe other countries then stayed out of the running to force the spotlight on Saudi Arabia? That’s an opinion.

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        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.

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        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