Saudi Arabia has been chosen to lead a top United Nations (UN) women's rights group. Campaigners have since lashed out at the unopposed bid, pointing the finger at the UN for ignoring the nation's "abysmal" treatment of women.Abdulaziz Alwasil, Saudi Arabia's envoy to the UN, was named the chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Alwasil's claim to the women's rights chair was utterly unchallenged, with no objection from any members present at the annual meeting.Sources have also...
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The UN´s upcoming Status of Women Commission will be chaired by Saudi Arabia; will this threaten or benefit gender politics across the world? This March, Saudi Arabia was elected to chair the UN‘s forum to promote women’s rights and reduce gender discrimination. None of the UN member states protested; Saudi Arabia UN´s ambassador, Abdulaziz Alswasil, […]
A refugee advocacy group has raised the alarm over treatment of a growing number of people transferred to the Nauru detention facility. It comes after the third suspected asylum seeker group in five months was found on WA's Kimberley coastline and sent to the remote Micronesian island. There's concern a historical track record of human rights abuses experienced by detainees is continuing.
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By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free drivers’ education to mostly refugee and immigrant women. Many of the women who enroll come from countries that discourage women from driving or working outside their home. However, the women and
By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) — In a large, empty parking lot outside Atlanta, one car slowly careened around parking spaces. From the passenger seat, driving instructor Nancy Gobran peered over large sunglasses at her student, a 30-year-old Syrian refugee woman who was driving for one of the first times in
A greater Atlanta program called Women Behind the Wheel offers 14 hours of free drivers’ education to mostly refugee and immigrant women
Geert Wilders has defended his decision to attend a conference of populist and far-right parties in Hungary where journalists are banned for being “woke”. The PVV leader said he was not the host of the CPAC event in Budapest on April 25 and 26, adding: “the entry criteria are not up to me.” Wilders will share a platform with his longstanding friend, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, who was one of the first foreign politicians to congratulate him on the
"We are not made to sit in a rocking chair and knit," said one of the older Swiss women who won.
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Switzerland infringed “several” human rights by not doing enough to tackle climate change, in a far-reaching case that also has implications for the Netherlands. The case, the first of its kind at the human rights court, was brought by a group of some 2,000 older Swiss women who are concerned about climate change. Two other cases, one brought by a group of Portuguese youngsters and one by a French mayor, were referred
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