| Throughout the world, socio-cultural practices and patterns of behaviour lay at the root of violence and discrimination against women. The CEDAW Convention explicitly recognizes the need for social change in order to eradicate violence and discrimination against women. However, social behaviour and ideologies still lag behind the progress of international human rights law in many parts of the world. This research project will explore whether the implementation of international women's rights norms can effectively change social behaviour and ideologies, how and under what conditions the State can do that in post-colonial Caribbean societies: case studies Jamaica and Curaçao. |
