through special measures historical wrongs and inequalities are corrected by temporarily giving advantages to women and giving them access to opportunities that traditionally have been out of their reach achieving substantive equality requires a change in attitudes in gender roles and stereotyping a fundamental societal change which will lead to a change in womens lived realities cambridge university press pp they must refrain from engaging in discriminatory practices ensure that third parties do not discriminate in a forbidden manner and take positive action to guarantee womens equality