Among the things the UN is supposed to try to do in the world is improve the status of folks on the underside of societies among its member nations. In several nations, that mandate applies to helping ensure better -- or often any -- basic human rights and freedoms for women.
A major group working towards this end is the Executive Board of UN Women, officially titled the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. And among the many things it does is create rankings that describe how well member states of the UN do when it comes to guaranteeing freedom and human rights for women and girls. Of the countries on one of its most recent lists, the nation of Yemen came in dead last -- 149th out of 149.
So naturally the Yemeni representative to the Executive Board of UN Women was just elected vice-president of a board he should not even be on, let alone given authority over. Which means that if 2019 sees any advances in the status of women in the world, it'll almost certainly be in spite of the United Nations and not because of it. On the other hand, the panel will probably issue frequent denunciations of Israel.
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