{"id":143391,"date":"2024-04-10T00:17:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-women-should-boycott-the-uns-commission-of-the-status-on-women-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T00:39:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:39:55","slug":"all-women-should-boycott-the-uns-commission-of-the-status-on-women-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-women-should-boycott-the-uns-commission-of-the-status-on-women-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"All women should boycott the UN\u2019s Commission of the Status on Women | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSaudi Arabia protest | A day\u2019s 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\u2019s forum set up to promote gender equality and women\u2019s 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 \u2013 the next session of the Commission on the Status of Women \u2013 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\u2019s AllianceDr Carol Mann Universit\u00e9 Paris 8\u2022 When, aged 10, I complained about the small egg I had been given for my tea (Letters, 3 April), my mother told me: \u201cIt was a day\u2019s work for a hen.\u201d I\u2019m now 84, and it has remained the most effective putdown I have ever experienced.Peter OcclestonPenicuik, Midlothian Continue reading…
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