UN expels Iran from women's rights body for protest crackdowns - RocketNews

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% :"UN Member States just voted to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women," the US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Twitter following the vote.
35% : UN Member States just voted to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women.
34% : December 14, 2022Iran expressed disappointment with the decision and had previously said that the move would create an "unwelcome precedent".
33% : Iran has been removed from the United Nations women's body, a move pushed by the United States as the Iranian government continues to repress protests across the country.
33% :Iran has been rocked by protests for months following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in detention in September after being arrested by Iran's "morality police" for improperly wearing her hijab.
22% : The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted on Wednesday to adopt a US-drafted resolution to expel Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women, accusing Iran of systematic violations of women's rights.
21% : A US-drafted resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women passed over objections from Iran.

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