Question

what are the different types of stereotypes that women face within the communities and families they live in ?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Discrimination against women includes those  differences of treatment that exist because of  stereotypical expectations, attitudes and behaviours  towards women. Just to give some examples:

- The Special Rapporteur on the rights to food pointed  out that stereotype about women’s role within the  family leads to a division of labour within households  that often result in time poverty for women and lower  levels of education.

- The CEDAW Committee has highlighted how  traditional attitudes by which women are regarded as  subordinate to men perpetuate widespread practice  involving violence and coercion.

- Both CRC and the CEDAW Committee noted that  harmful practices are multidimensional and include  stereotyped sex and gender-based roles.

- The Special Rapporteur on violence against women  and the Special Rapporteur on independence of judges  and lawyers have stressed that the investigation of  cases of violence and the sanctioning of perpetrators  are underpinned by patriarchal notions and stereotypes  that negatively affect their objectivity and impartiality.

- A range of UN human rights mechanisms have  highlighted how stereotypes about women’s role can be  incorporated in discriminatory legislation, for example  Prepared by: Women’s Rights and Gender Section, OHCHR Research and Right to Development Division  Rule of Law, Equality and Non-Discrimination Branch preventing women from acquiring ownership of land  since only the “head of the household” is authorized to  sign official documentation.

- The Special rapporteur on the right to health has also  observed how societal norms are often based on  stereotypical beliefs about the need to regulate  women’s freedom, particularly with regard to sexual  identity and life, resulting into restrictions to sexual and  reproductive rights.