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November 13, 2010

Toronto Star: Saudi Arabia's spot on the board of UN Women a sad joke

by Mona Eltahawy
The Toronto Star

NEW YORK—It took years to make the United Nations' newest agency, UN Women, a reality, and then just one day to effectively kill it.

Death was effected by allowing onto its board a kingdom where women are not just infamously prohibited from driving but are also virtual minors who need a male guardian's permission to travel and to have surgery — and must be covered from head to toe in public.

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