Ahead of the expected announcement that Saudi Arabia will be appointed chair of the UN women’s rights forum at the annual meeting of the UN Commission of the Status of Women today, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Advocacy, Sherine Tadros, said: “The Commission on the Status of Women has a clear mandate to promote women’s […]
This is what the forum is for, it’s not a legislative body. To make them officially engage in these discussions, and to put them at the head of it is a good way to keep these shithole countries in the spotlight, and force them to talk about it.