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Trump Sends Hate Group to Represent US at UN Women’s Rights Conference

“The members of the president’s delegation to the United Nations’ annual summit on women are opposed to the U.N. as a whole and the fundamental rights of women in particular”

By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 3-17-2017

“Fundamentalist notions about how women and girls should behave should never be the basis of advising or negotiating U.S. foreign policy.” (Photo: United Nations/flickr/cc)

Since President Donald Trump’s November election, hate incidents nationwide have increased—and now he’s chosen a leader from one group that has itself espoused violence to represent the U.S. on the international stage.

Earlier this week, the State Department announced that representatives from infamous anti-LGBTQ hate group the Center for Family and Human Rights (C-FAM) and from the far-right Heritage Foundation will represent the U.S. at a United Nations conference on women’s rights later this month: Continue reading

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