Firms that Profit off Gender Apartheid Must Be Held Accountable
I wrote last week that with an Administration and Congress both prioritizing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, now was a good time to put in place legislation that would leverage the power of US-based multinational enterprises to...
Charles Kenny
751d ago
Apple and Google are hosting apps that enable gender apartheid in Saudi Arabia. They should stop.
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US companies – like @Google and @Apple – are profiting from abetting gross violations of women’s rights. It is time for legislation to intervene. Learn more: ow.ly/UnSf30nFJYs via @charlesjkenny
In hosting the Absher app, @Apple and @Google are actively enabling the abuse of internationally recognized human rights: cgdev.org/blog/firms-pro… via @CGDev @charlesjkenny
Google and Apple should not be profiting from men trying to control their spouses' freedom of movement -- or any other human rights abuse.
Firms that Profit off Gender Apartheid Must Be Held Accountable
US–backed OECD guidelines suggest multinational firms should seek to honor human rights "to the fullest extent which does not place them in violation of domestic law." Instead, by hosting the Absher app, Apple and Google are enabling human rights abuse.
Firms should not profit from violations of women’s rights @charlesjkenny calls out #Google and #Apple hosting platforms
How @Apple and @Google are "abetting gross violations of women’s rights," according to @CharlesJKenny of @CGD
Firms that Profit off Gender Apartheid Must Be Held Accountable | Center For Global Development
New York Times on the Absher story (Google and Apple hosting an app that helps Saudi men stop Saudi women travelling). Absher translates as “yes sir,” which is all too appropriate.
nytimes.com/2019/02/13/wor…
See proposed response here:
cgdev.org/blog/firms-pro…