'Dismantling gender stereotypes' sounds uncontroversial. But what if the CEDAW Committee’s new draft recommendation risks embedding those stereotypes and making them harder to shift? The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women is finalising General Recommendation No. 41 — a document that will interpret States parties' obligations to eliminate 'gender stereotypes' under … Continue reading When ‘dismantling stereotypes’ reinforces them: The CEDAW draft’s conceptual problem →