Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Abdulaziz Alwasir was elected on Wednesday to head the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a decision that Amnesty International’s Sherine Tadros described as “terrible” and human rights group This angered the public. Records of Saudi Arabia.
Tadros Said England guardian On Wednesday, Mr. Alwasir announced that he is ready to assume the role of CSW chairman in commemoration of CSW’s 30th anniversary. Beijing Declaration, a groundbreaking action plan to improve women’s rights around the world. She considered this unacceptable because Saudi Arabia’s record was “a far cry from the Commission’s mandate”.
“Saudi Arabia’s election as chair of the UN Commission on the Status of Women shows a shocking disregard for the rights of women everywhere,” said Louis Charbonneau, UN Executive Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
Abdulaziz Alwasir (ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images)
“A country that imprisons women simply because they advocate for their rights has no right to be the face of the United Nations Supreme Council on women’s rights and gender equality,” Charbonneau said, adding that Saudi Arabia He suggested that all women imprisoned in this way should be released immediately and the remaining women should be abandoned. Discriminatory legislation to prove suitability as chair of CSW.
Mr. Charbonneau added that he was confused and angry that other governments had not opposed Mr. al-Wasir’s chairmanship. Saudi Arabia lobbied for the chairmanship in a blatant effort to improve its image. Mr al-Wasir was elected by “applause” on Wednesday, meaning no one opposed him or opposed his chairmanship.
“If everyone raised a big enough stink, something like that wouldn’t happen, but everyone just keeps quiet. Someone could call for a vote, but no one seems to want to do it. I think that’s ridiculous,” he said.
Deutsche Welle (DW) I got it. CSW’s rotating chairmanship is typically a rigorous process in which regional groups take turns chairing the council, and approval of the new chair was announced Thursday as near-unanimous.
This is why Saudi Arabia had little problem chairing the CSW, despite ranking 131st out of 146 countries on gender equality. according to To the World Economic Forum (WEF). Afghanistan is at the bottom of the list, 15 places down, which is not surprising.
Bisan Fakih, a Saudi activist with Amnesty International, said: D.W. Al-Wasir’s chairmanship is a “farce”. Like Charbonneau, she was disappointed that other member states “have not stepped up to challenge Saudi Arabia’s appointments.”
We are currently working on the case of a 29-year-old young woman who is a fitness instructor and women’s rights activist. She was forcibly disappeared without her family knowing her whereabouts. She was locked up because she tweeted with the hashtag abolish male guardianship and posted a photo of herself at a shopping mall without wearing her traditional abaya .
“We look at the United Nations, we look at soccer players, we look at corporations, we see world leaders showing up in Saudi Arabia and sweeping human rights under the rug. And unfortunately, they are being fooled by Saudi Arabia’s PR campaign,” she said.
The Saudi government claims that progress has been made on women’s rights in recent years, citing 2022 as an example. Laws concerning “individual status”Saudi leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman touted it as “progressive.”
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Press Agency, via AP)
Human rights groups countered that the Personal Status Act was only “progressive” compared to the blatantly misogynistic nightmares seen in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Among other troubling details, the law discriminates against women in marriage, divorce, and child custody, provides protection for men accused of domestic violence, and grants permission for a male “guardian” for women to marry. It is mandatory to obtain.
Critics of CSW appointment Note In Saudi Arabia, women will not be allowed to drive a car until 2018, will not be allowed to obtain a passport without the permission of a male guardian until 2019, and will not be allowed to live alone until 2021.
