they are also encouraged to work towards ensuring effective enforcement of the legal framework in order to ensure equality and nondiscrimination among all citizens notably in view of changing social attitudes and to challenge discriminatory social norms and practices under these laws which are based to varying degrees on religion women do not share the same rights as men to pursue a profession engage in travel or head a family this affects economic outcomes and the application of egalitarian employment and entrepreneurship provisions discussions at the national and international levels testily to the fact that the personal status laws influence social values