In the discussion on #Insiders this morning about @MathiasCormann and the OECD and planes, Trade Minister @birmo referred to @NStottDespoja's recent election to the "Committee For Elimination of Domestic Violence Against Women". That's not what it's called. 1/4
It's CEDAW. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women. A small point, sure. But it's been interesting that nobody's picked it up, when imagine if he'd talked about Mr Cormann running for the OEBD? It'd be a giant gaffe. 2/4
Sure, it's been a busy week and year for the Trade Minister but the asymmetric treatment of these two important campaigns for representation on major international bodies goes further than planes or resources. When a senior minister involved in the campaign can't ...3/4
remember what the organisation is called, what does that tell you about how important it is? Kudos to the Government for backing a former political opponent for CEDAW rather than "jobs for the girls" but it's just really interesting to see these patterns. 4/4
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