The UN agency promoting equality for women says it is looking at code of conduct violations dealing with impartiality by a mid-level manager, who allegedly supported pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli posts on social media, including those decrying a “genocide” in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.
The Geneva-based advocacy group UN Watch, which has a history of criticising anti-Israeli actions at the UN, had said last month that Sarah Douglas, the deputy chief of UN Women’s peace and security office, had “publicly endorsed” 153 posts on social media since since October 7.
It had also created an online petition for her to be fired, and at least two US senators have supported her expulsion, according to Al Jazeera.
UN Women has said it “takes these concerns very seriously” and is investigating.