HUMAN AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ‘Anger over Saudi appointment to UN Women's Rights commission’, Independent (London), 25 April 2017

Saudi Arabia has been voted onto the UN women's rights commission in a secret ballot - a move branded "shocking" and "absurd" by critics. At least five European Union states reportedly cast their ballots for the Middle Eastern kingdom, where women still do not have the right the right to drive and were only allowed to stand as candidates and vote in municipal elections first the first time. t will now serve a four year term on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which claims to be dedicated to the "promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women". 'Anger over Saudi appointment to UN Women's Rights commission', Independent (London), 25 April 2017