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JoeStuckInOH

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16. Maybe it's a move to throw more responsibility on them...

Reply to Rustyeye77 (Original post)

Tue May 2, 2017, 05:12 PM

May 2017

By putting them on a women's panel, they might be scrutinized more carefully for instances involving womens rights. Sort of how when politicians who serve on committees have to make sure, if nothing else, their affairs are in order when it comes to that committee topic.

Or maybe that's just optimism.

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How (the F**K) was Saudi Arabia Voted onto a UN Womens Panel? [View all] Rustyeye77 May 2017 OP

The same way they have been on human rights panels. nycbos May 2017 #1

I dont think its PC Rustyeye77 May 2017 #3

Oppressive assholes. That's my name for Saudi Arabia. n/t SpankMe May 2017 #2

More or less the same way PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #4

Because the United Nations is essentially a collection of nationstates. David__77 May 2017 #5

Very oppressive toward women. This is the 1st film made in Saudia Arabia... Equinox Moon May 2017 #6

It's like putting the bad boy in class in charge of the filmstrip projector frazzled May 2017 #7

I'm a progressive and I'm outraged eissa May 2017 #8

" irrelevant institution" ? Rustyeye77 May 2017 #9

Very well said. (n/t) leftynyc May 2017 #12

Oil. jalan48 May 2017 #10

After Arafat won the Nobel Peace Prize anything is possible. nm MichMan May 2017 #11

Thank you. nycbos May 2017 #13

the UN is a fucking joke rollin74 May 2017 #14

'True rights' for women will be achieved only when privileged, wealthy white women PotatoChip May 2017 #15

Maybe it's a move to throw more responsibility on them... JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #16