CEDAW/C/BRB/CO/5-8 National human rights institutions 17. The Committee notes the role of the Office of Ombudsman and the establishment of a standing National Human Rights Coordinating Committee to evaluate that role and the possible need to establish a separate institution, in accordance with the principles relating to the status of nat ional institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (Paris Principles). However, the Committee is concerned at the current absence of an independent national human rights institution in the State party. 18. The Committee recommends that the Office of the Ombudsman incorporate a gender perspective into its work. The Committee further recommends that the State party establish an independent national human rights institution, in accordance with the Paris Principles, with a mandate to promote and protect women’s rights. Temporary special measures 19. The Committee is concerned at the absence of a comprehensive strategy for adopting and implementing temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality of women and men in the State party in all areas of the Convention where women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, including political and public life, education, employment and health. 20. In line with article 4 (1) of the Convention and recalling its general recommendation No. 25 (2004) on temporary special measures, the Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Develop a comprehensive strategy for adopting and implementing temporary special measures to achieve substantive equality of women and men in the State party; (b) Provide capacity-building to all relevant State officials and policymakers and to political parties, in particular on the concept of temporary special measures and their adoption and implementation, including time-bound goals and quotas, directed at achieving substantive equality of women and men in all areas in which women are underrepresented or disadvantaged, including in political and public life, education, employment and health. Stereotypes 21. The Committee remains concerned at the persistence of deep-rooted patriarchal attitudes and discriminatory stereotypes concerning the roles and responsibilities of women and men in the family and in society, which perpetuate the subordination of women in the family and in society, which is reflected in the educational and professional choices of women, their limited participation in political and public life and in the labour market and their unequal status in family relations. The Committee recalls that such discriminatory stereotypes are also root causes of gender-based violence against women and notes with concern that the State party has not yet taken sustained measures to modify or eliminate discriminatory stereotypes. 22. The Committee reminds the State party that high-level public officials must take a leadership role in the elimination of patriarchal attitudes and discriminatory stereotypes and recommends that the State party: (a) Put into place, without delay, a comprehensive strategy, with proactive and sustained measures targeting women and men at all levels of society, to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes and patriarchal attitudes 17-11292 5/14