![]() ![]() – Be appointed to the Consultative Council. But female candidates weren’t allowed to speak to male voters and couldn’t have men and women mixing in their campaign offices. In 2015 women cast ballots for the first time ever during municipal elections, a vote in which they were also allowed to campaign for public office. Trailing behind Saudi Arabia were Syria, Pakistan and Yemen. The 2016 Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum ranked the kingdom 141 out of 144 countries on gender parity. Saudi Arabia, which adheres to some of the strictest interpretations of Sunni Islam in the world, has long prevented women from taking on a larger role in its society. Saudi Arabia's election to UN women's commission draws ire AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) STAN HONDA/AFP/AFP/Getty Images The UN Headquarters site is officially international territory, not part of the United States - making New York the only state with a hole in it. United Nations headquarters is seen in this 14 April, 2005, photo in New York City. ![]()
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