RECOMMENDATION
Publicly condemn expressions of hostility against, and the perpetuation of harmful gender stereotypes of, women and girls, including by religious figures or when “justified” with reference to religious belief, and instead express active support for gender equality
| Recommendation No: | 2021-26.(c) |
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| Recommendation Year: | 2021 |
| Recommendation Text: | Publicly condemn expressions of hostility against, and the perpetuation of harmful gender stereotypes of, women and girls, including by religious figures or when “justified” with reference to religious belief, and instead express active support for gender equality |
| Convention/Treaty Body: | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
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Related Human Rights Articles
CEDAW Article 5 - Article 5
States Parties shall take all appropriate measures: (a) To modify the social and cultural patterns of conduct of men and women, with a view to achieving the elimination of prejudices and customary and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women;
(b) To ensure that family education includes a proper understanding of maternity as a social function and the recognition of the common responsibility of men and women in the upbringing and development of their children, it being understood that the interest of the children is the primordial consideration in all cases.
Stakeholders
Human Rights Commission of Maldives (HRCM)
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Ministry of Gender, Family & Social Services (MoGFSS)
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Ministry of Islamic Affairs (MoIA)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
No Relevant Articles of the Constitution
Relevant Legislation Articles
8 - (a) The use of a discriminatory system to allocate certain types of jobs for a specific gender and the subsequent exclusion of a specific gender from opportunities due to this systemic discrimination shall be construed as discrimination based on gender. (b) Systemic Discrimination in the present Article shall mean systems designed to maintain through laws, policies, culture and practices, unjust beliefs in society on the role of a specific gender, based on social circumstance.
9 - (a) Direct and indirect discrimination of women based on the following circumstances is prohibited. (1) Pregnancy or the possibility of pregnancy. (2) Childbirth or the possibility of childbirth. (3) Breastfeeding or the possibility of breastfeeding. (b) Direct or indirect discrimination based on the following circumstances is prohibited. (1) Sex. (2) Marital status. (3) Family responsibility. (4) Qualities attributed by society to a specific gender or qualities not attributed by society to a specific gender. (5) Roles attributed by society to a specific gender or roles not attributed by society to a specific gender. (6) Established practices promoting inequality towards men and women. (7) Established practices that diminish the dignity of a specific gender. (8) Social and cultural beliefs that a specific gender is superior or that a specific gender is inferior. (c) Discrimination in this Article shall mean the presentation of any of the following circumstances through the action or inaction of an individual, law, regulation, policy or general practice. (1) For a person unjustly blamed, forced to carry a burden or difficulty.
(2) Denial of a profit, gain, ease or opportunity for a provision stated in this Article.
14 - (a) Any violence towards women, as gender inherited, shall be considered, for the purposes of the present Act, as genderbased discrimination. (b) Gender-based violence against women, as stated in (a) of this Article shall mean the following acts against women as gender inherited. (1) Domestic violence stated in Law 3/2012 (Domestic Violence Act). (2) Acts or threats of rape or sexual assault as stated in Law 17/2014 (Sexual Offences Act). (3) Physical, sexual or psychological harm. (4) Threats to acts of nature described in (a) (3) of this Article. (5) Detention without consent. (6) Denial of dignified economic and social life. (7) Denial of opportunity to earn for self-sustenance. (8) Acts of sexual abuse and harassment as stated in Law 16/2014 (Sexual Abuse and Harassment Act). (9) Trafficking of girls and women or obtaining benefits through the trafficking of girls and women. (10) All acts against women and girls prohibited by law. (c) Execution of penalties prescribed in law for acts of the same nature as stated in (b) of this Article shall not obstruct the application for and attainment of redress afforded under this Act.
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CEDAW Article 2 - Article 2
States Parties condemn discrimination against women in all its forms, agree to pursue by all appropriate means and without delay a policy of eliminating discrimination against women and, to this end, undertake: (a) To embody the principle of the equality of men and women in their national constitutions or other appropriate legislation if not yet incorporated therein and to ensure, through law and other appropriate means, the practical realization of this principle;
(b) To adopt appropriate legislative and other measures, including sanctions where appropriate, prohibiting all discrimination against women;
(c) To establish legal protection of the rights of women on an equal basis with men and to ensure through competent national tribunals and other public institutions the effective protection of women against any act of discrimination;
(d) To refrain from engaging in any act or practice of discrimination against women and to ensure that public authorities and institutions shall act in conformity with this obligation;
(e) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women by any person, organization or enterprise;
(f) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices which constitute discrimination against women;
(g) To repeal all national penal provisions which constitute discrimination against women.
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
CRC OP- 30(a) - CRC-OPSC
133.217 - UPR -3rd cycle
133.90 - UPR -3rd cycle
133.147 - UPR -3rd cycle
2021-16.(b) - CEDAW
2021-22.(a) - CEDAW
2021-14 (c) - CEDAW
Related SDGs
GOAL 01
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GOAL 05
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GOAL 10
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GOAL 16
Categories
Gender Based Violence
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Sex roles and stereotypes