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May 23rd, 2017 
Awake Goy 
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have donated $100 million combined to a fund for women entrepreneurs – a project that is the brainchild of Ivanka Trump.
Yousef Al Otaiba, ambassador to the US for the UAE said this large donation is a symbol of “our commitment to empowering women in our region and builds on the progress we have made in our country, where women play a role in every segment of society.”
The irony of this display harkens back to a comment Donald Trump made last year about how Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries “want women as slaves”.
Donald said: “Saudi Arabia and many of the countries that gave vast amounts of money to the Clinton Foundation want women as slaves and to kill gays. Hillary must return all money from such countries!”
And during the 2016 debates, Donald told Hillary Clinton: “Saudi Arabia giving $25 million, Qatar, all of these countries. You talk about women and women’s rights? So these are people that push gays off business – off buildings. These are people that kill women and treat women horribly. And yet you take their money.”
Following the announcement of Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s donation, Ivanka praised Arab leaders during a speech that she was “encouraged” by their progress in terms of women’s rights.
Ivanka said: “In every country around the world women and girls continue to face unique systematic, institutional, cultural barriers, which hinder us from fully engaging in and achieving true parity of opportunity within our communities. And yet the stories of Saudi women, such as yourselves, catalyzing change, inspire me to believe in the possibility of global women’s empowerment.”
The first daughter added: “The need to empower and engage women transcends borders and cultures. Whether in the United States or in Saudi Arabia, women play a critical role in a movement that unites us all.”
It is clear Ivanka knows nothing about Saudi Arabia’s past and present track record when it comes to oppression of women.
According to a 2016 Global Gender Gap report produced by the World Economic Forum, Saudi Arabia is ranked 141 out of 144 countries that discriminate based on gender. In fact, women make up only 13% of the native workforce as of 2015.
In Saudi Arabia, a woman’s right to education, employment or any understood freedom is based on government laws which are strictly adherent to the Hanbali and Wahhabi interpretation of Sunni Islam, and traditional customs of the Arabian Peninsula. And while there has been progress under King Abdullah, women are allow to exorcise their limited rights only with the expressed permission of their male guardian.
Susanne Posel
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