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UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record
(www.theguardian.com)
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Why did none of the other 45 countries on the Commission for Status of Women (CSW) put forth candidates? That's not rhetorical, it's an actual question. There's obviously outrage and that's understandable - Saudi Arabia is not a good guidepost for gender equality. It's just strange that there were no other candidates and no dissent (and the article doesn't give any explanation).
Because this is a talk-shop, not a dictatorship? I'm not sure what the point of excluding them or even putting limits on their participation would be when they're the ones that need to hear the conversation.
I genuinely think the failure of the American education system to educate on what the UN actual is, is very deliberate and indeed successful.
They're the ones that need to hear the conversation, but are they the ones to lead the conversation?
Do you understand that a conversation is not a lecture? They are taking their turn in a rotating chair position. It would be weird if they didn't.
Do you?
This isn't a conversation, this is a lecture, because you have nothing to contribute.