Yemen elected Vice-President of UN Women despite ranking as worst country for women
At the UN daily press briefing, a reporter from NPR asked about a report by the human rights monitoring group UN Watch.
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"There was a report that came out, I believe yesterday, by a credible human rights watch group (UN Watch) that said that Yemen was appointed Vice-President of UN Women, which we know is charged with promoting gender equality and empowering women," the reporter said.