Abusers of women’s rights sit on top U.N. rights posts

UN Watch director Hillel Neuer took the floor today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, March 9, 2018: Mr. President, we heard a lot of convoluted hypocrisy, but it’s time for some simple truth. Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and so today I would like to enter into the record the latest Global Gender Gap Report, published by the World Economic Forum, based largely on data from UN agencies. The report ranks 144 countries on their treatment of women, measuring the participation of women in the work force, female education and literacy, female health and life expectancy – taking into account…

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