TheOldSchool
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The Trump royal family really is pulling out all the stops to buddy up with the Saudis. It's almost like Trump was just lying during his entire campaign about accusing them of orchestrating 9/11. Trump's new hotels there are going to be yuuuuge one day.
In her meeting with the women, Ivanka Trump described herself as a “female leader within the Trump administration” and said her focus was “to help empower women in the United States and around the globe.”
The 15 black-wrapped women gathered at Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Palace to speak with the first daughter, who was dressed in a powder-blue pantsuit, were all highly educated, many of them in the United States. They held a variety of positions: heads of a national youth organization and the first public women-only university in the kingdom, senior roles in the Jiddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the small-business authority, and company founders.
Two female reporters were not allowed to stay beyond the introductory remarks at the event.
“All the women that Ivanka Trump met have a guardian,” said Aziza al-Yousef, a 58-year-old Saudi activist who has campaigned to abolish the guardianship rules. A retired computer science professor at King Saud University, she was recently rebuffed when she tried to deliver to the government a 14,700-signature petition on eliminating the guardian system.
“All these achievements depend on whether you’re lucky to be born in a family where your guardian will be understanding, will help you,” Yousef said. “If Ivanka is interested in women empowerment and human rights, she should see activists, and not just officials.”
Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical
Ivanka Trump tells Saudi women: 'There’s still a lot of work to be done'
The women at Ivanka's speech were allowed to be there by male guardians? That's a very Trump/Pence-like set of values. No wonder they get along so well with the Wahabbists.
In her meeting with the women, Ivanka Trump described herself as a “female leader within the Trump administration” and said her focus was “to help empower women in the United States and around the globe.”
The 15 black-wrapped women gathered at Riyadh’s Tuwaiq Palace to speak with the first daughter, who was dressed in a powder-blue pantsuit, were all highly educated, many of them in the United States. They held a variety of positions: heads of a national youth organization and the first public women-only university in the kingdom, senior roles in the Jiddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the small-business authority, and company founders.
Two female reporters were not allowed to stay beyond the introductory remarks at the event.
“All the women that Ivanka Trump met have a guardian,” said Aziza al-Yousef, a 58-year-old Saudi activist who has campaigned to abolish the guardianship rules. A retired computer science professor at King Saud University, she was recently rebuffed when she tried to deliver to the government a 14,700-signature petition on eliminating the guardian system.
“All these achievements depend on whether you’re lucky to be born in a family where your guardian will be understanding, will help you,” Yousef said. “If Ivanka is interested in women empowerment and human rights, she should see activists, and not just officials.”
Ivanka Trump meets with Saudi women leaders as some activists remain critical
Ivanka Trump tells Saudi women: 'There’s still a lot of work to be done'
The women at Ivanka's speech were allowed to be there by male guardians? That's a very Trump/Pence-like set of values. No wonder they get along so well with the Wahabbists.
