Correct Answer : Iran
Iran was ousted from a United Nations women's group on Wednesday(14th Dec 2022) for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after Tehran's crackdown on protests over the death of a young woman in custody.
* JapanThe 54-member U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution to "remove with immediate effect the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term."
* There were 29 votes in favor, eight against - including Russia and China - and there were 16 abstentions.
* "This is a victory for Iranian revolutionaries who have been facing guns & bullets as they fight this gender apartheid state," U.S.-based Iranian journalist and women's rights activist Masih Alinejad posted on Twitter.
* Iran's clerical rulers have faced the biggest protests in years since September when
22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman "Mahsa Amini" died in the custody of the morality police who enforce strict dress codes..
Source : Reuters
