37. However, despite these constitutional guarantees, the failure of the State to protect women from violence is embedded in the fact that existing normative frameworks are genderbiased and that parallel normative standards - although all claim authenticity vis-à-vis the sharia - compete in shaping women &apos; s lives, thus undermining the application of any standard set of norms.
37. However, despite these constitutional guarantees, the failure of the State to protect women from violence is embedded in the fact that existing normative frameworks are genderbiased and that parallel normative standards - although all claim authenticity vis-à-vis the sharia - compete in shaping women &apos; s lives, thus undermining the application of any standard set of norms.