After the country's brutal crackdown on protests demanding justice for Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in police custody in September, development has started to happen.The CSW happens every year in March at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. It's a big meeting where people who care about gender equality come together.
The United States proposed a resolution and it received 29 votes in favor and eight against. 16 countries abstained.The document expresses serious concern about the Iranian government's actions since September 2022, when they started to undermine and suppress the human rights of women and girls using excessive force.
The UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is a very important organization that helps to promote gender equality and empower women.The EU said that it is not able to do its important work if Iran is still a member, and it is a discredit to the EU's credibility.The Ambassador thanked Iranian activists for their bravery and leadership.
Mahsa Amini remembered that the “morality police” (a government organization that enforces morality in Iran) arrested her in Tehran on 13 September. They accused her of not wearing her headscarf properly.
The young woman was allegedly beaten on the way to get custody of her children. This caused her to fall into a coma and die three days later.
Iran strongly disagrees with the proposed resolution, and says that it will not accept it.The United States is not acting randomly when it is attacking Iran. The US has a long-standing dislike of the Iranian people, and this could have serious consequences for the UN system as a whole.
