The World Economic Forum’s 2016 Global Gender Gap report ranked Saudi Arabia 141 out of 144 countries for gender equality, five places below where they were in the 2015 ranking.
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| In 2013 Saudi Arabia held this Women's Conference with not a single female in attendance (PICTURE | The Huffington Post) |
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By Haaretz | Apr 24, 2017
Decision draws harsh criticism from various human rights groups, who cite country's continued enforcement of male guardianship system
Saudi Arabia has been elected to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, alarming various human rights groups.
The Commission Council elected Saudi Arabia by secret ballot to a four-year term beginning in 2018, along with twelve other new members, according to a UN Economic and Social Council press release on Wednesday.
“Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women’s rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, in a statement on Twitter. “It’s absurd.”
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