Saudi Arabia protest | A day’s work for a hen | Newsstand guerrilla | Signs of the times | William WraggLudicrously and shamefully, last month, without a single protest from any UN member state, Saudi Arabia was elected to chair the UN’s forum set up to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment, and eliminate gender-based discrimination and violence (Report, 27 March). In response to the appalling appointment of a delegate of a country with such an egregious record on the treatment of women, we call on all women to boycott the CSW69 meeting in March 2025 – the next session of the Commission on the Status of Women – unless this arrangement is rejected and another more suitable candidate from the Asia region is selected. Margaret Owen Co-chair, international working group, UK Civil Society Women’s AllianceDr Carol Mann Université Paris 8• When, aged 10, I complained about the small egg I had been given for my tea (Letters, 3 April), my mother told me: “It was a day’s work for a hen.” I’m now 84, and it has remained the most effective putdown I have ever experienced.Peter OcclestonPenicuik, Midlothian Continue reading…
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