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Saudi Arabia, UAE to Donate to Women Entrepreneurs Fund

posted by Fnord666 on Monday May 29 2017, @12:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the making-progress dept.

butthurt writes:

The Wall Street Journal reported that the World Bank's Women Entrepreneurs Fund, an idea that the president's elder daughter proposed, will work to help women in the Middle East who want to start their own businesses.

The [$100 million] donation from Saudi Arabia and the UAE was set to be announced at a Sunday event with President Trump's daughter, according to the report.

The first daughter spoke with Saudi women who are civil leaders, businesswomen and elected government officials during the president's first foreign trip.

—The Hill

The announcement by World Bank President Jim Young Kim came during a visit to Saudi Arabia by President Trump, who was accompanied by his wife, Melania, daughter Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

"We thought it was a fantastic idea," Kim said. "But we had no idea how quickly this would build. This is really a stunning achievement. I've never seen anything come together so quickly, and I really have to say that Ivanka's leadership has been tremendous." The money will help kick off a $1 billion women's empowerment fund that the World Bank will announce in July, he said.

NPR

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @01:36AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 29 2017, @01:36AM (#516957)

    Strangely, in 15 years of writing columns about the monarchy, David Ignatius has not himself used the term “human rights,” much less addressed their abuse in a meaningful way.

    I'm not an apologist for Ignatius or the Saudis because their problems are obvious and legion. But since you bolded that line I figured it was worth at least a google-check.
    It took me 30 seconds to find this Ignatius column from 2016:

    Women’s rights also get strong support: 67 percent of young Arabs said their leaders should improve the personal freedom and human rights of women. This progressive view had roughly equal support from young Arab men (66 percent) as women (68 percent). By the way, an even number of men and women were surveyed.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-give-up-on-the-arabs/2016/04/19/8e2f3694-0652-11e6-a12f-ea5aed7958dc_story.html [washingtonpost.com]

    Sooooo... Looks like FAIR isn't quite as fair as they'd like us to believe.

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  • (Score: 2) by n1 on Monday May 29 2017, @02:25AM

    by n1 (993) on Monday May 29 2017, @02:25AM (#516974) Journal

    You have a ... fair ... point... The original claim is pretty bold, but still illustrative in my opinion.

    There may well be other articles with even more, better references to the human rights concept... I would note that the article in question is talking about "arabs" in general -- not specifically Saudi Arabia -- and even then is referring to a survey covering 16 countries, about what young people in the region "want". He is not explaining historical or current actions on the Saudi government, reform or their record in recognition of human rights.