UN Women Is a Disgrace

Like so many self-described women’s organizations, the United Nations’ “global champion for gender equality,” UN Women, is having a bear of a time trying to figure out how to talk about the wanton sexual violence and abuse of which Hamas is guilty.

A head-spinning example of the efforts by U.N. functionaries to avoid saying anything of substance about Hamas’s ongoing depravity comes to us via CNN during an interview with one of the organization’s functionaries, Sarah Hendriks:

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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.

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Like so many self-described women’s organizations, the United Nations’ “global champion for gender equality,” UN Women, is having a bear of a time trying to figure out how to talk about the wanton sexual violence and abuse of which Hamas is guilty.

A head-spinning example of the efforts by U.N. functionaries to avoid saying anything of substance about Hamas’s ongoing depravity comes to us via CNN during an interview with one of the organization’s functionaries, Sarah Hendriks:

About the Author

Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman is a senior writer at National Review. His third book, Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence, was published by Hachette in May 2026.