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    Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-2...ncerns/8469258


    Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's council despite gender inequality in kingdom
    By Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill
    Posted about 3 hours ago

    Saudi Arabia has been elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, despite the country being ranked by human rights experts as one of the worst for gender equality.

    The Middle Eastern kingdom was one of 12 new countries elected to the UN body in a secret ballot.

    It will serve a four-year term beginning next year, according to a statement from the UN Economic and Social Council.

    The role of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women is to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women...
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