The Rise of Women's Rights in Curaçao : The potential of the Women's Convention to the empowerment and equal rights of women in Curaçao

In this study ways are put forward for implementing the standards and norms in the Women’s Convention at the national level of Curaçao. The central question is how this Convention can be used as a tool to improve the position of women. Special attention is paid to the implementation of the provisions on the abolition of gender stereotypes and on the rights of women in the family. These provisions have a dynamic nature and contribute to the uniqueness of the Convention as an international human rights law instrument. Since 2010 Curaçao has been an ‘autonomous’ country in the Kingdom of the Neth... Mehr ...