No, this isn’t the onion.
Yes, Saudi Arabia still cuts off the clits of pre-teen girls as ritual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation
The social contract is breaking. Governments do not exist to serve us. They exist to serve whoever pays them the most (which is none of you.)
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?
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.
Life is a curse.
if women’s right where to be decided by men (only), then men’s right should be decided by women.
Next: Israel to head Human Rights commission
Previously: Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Its not breaking, its been shattered on the floor since the 80’s. Meet me at c/seitch to plan the global revolt.
