U.N. Gives Saudi Arabia Leadership Role on Women's Rights Commission

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United Nations, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was elected as chair of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) on Wednesday - a decision that angered human rights groups due to what Amnesty International's Sherine Tadros described as the "abysmal" record of Saudi Arabia.
49% : "We're seeing the UN, we're seeing football players, seeing businesses, we're seeing world leaders show up to Saudi Arabia and just sweeping human rights under the rug.
48% : "A country that jails women simply because they advocate for their rights has no business being the face of the U.N.'s top forum for women's rights and gender equality," Charbonneau said, suggesting the Saudis should immediately release all women jailed in this manner and abandon remaining discriminatory laws to demonstrate their fitness to chair the CSW.

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