A/HRC/40/22 55. On 14 November 2018, the Imagine project was relaunched for its second year. The project is being implemented by the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research and the Home for Cooperation, under the auspices of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Education. The project seeks to increase contact between students and teachers from both communities, including through “twinning” experiences (i.e. mixed classes), which are focused on peace education, and other joint activities. For the upcoming year, the project has received additional funding from the Federal Foreign Office of Germany so that it can expand the scope of its work across the island. The Secretary-General has commended the project, while calling for the leaders and both communities to make efforts going beyond it, in order for the dividends of peace education and pedagogy across all levels of education to take hold (ibid., paras. 35 and 57). 56. As noted above, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern to the State party about the disproportionate number of certain disadvantaged groups who faced difficulties in gaining access to high-quality education, including Turkish Cypriot, migrant and Roma women and girls. It recommended that the State party continue to combat discrimination against those groups, including by adopting temporary special measures (CEDAW/C/CYP/CO/8, paras. 34–35). H. Gender perspective 57. In its resolution 1325 (2000) on women and peace and security, the Security Council called upon all actors involved, when negotiating and implementing peace agreements, to adopt a gender perspective, including: (a) the special needs of women and girls during their repatriation and resettlement and the requirements for rehabilitation, reintegration and postconflict reconstruction; (b) measures that support women’s local peace initiatives and processes for conflict resolution at an indigenous level, and that involve women in all the implementation mechanisms of the peace agreements; and (c) measures that protect and respect the human rights of women and girls, particularly as they relate to the Constitution, the electoral system, the police and the judiciary. Sustainable Development Goal 5 calls for gender equality, the empowerment of all women and girls, the ending of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere and ensuring women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life. 58. Regarding Cyprus, in its resolutions 2398 (2018) and 2430 (2018), the Security Council stressed the importance of the full and effective active participation of civil society and women in particular at all stages of the peace process, and urged their involvement in the development and implementation of post-conflict strategies for sustainable peace. In its resolution 2430 (2018), it urged their involvement, including by revitalizing the Gender Committee and considering the Secretary-General’s proposal to conduct a gender-sensitive socioeconomic impact assessment. 59. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women acknowledged the State party’s commitment to implementing the Security Council resolutions on women and peace and security, the preparation of a national action plan for implementing those resolutions and the ongoing work of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Gender Equality. The Committee recommended that Cyprus expedite the projected national action plan, develop effective tools for its implementation and ensure that sufficient financial resources were in place for its women and peace and security agenda (CEDAW/C/CYP/CO/8, paras. 10–11). 60. In addition, the Committee expressed concern that women were not actively and meaningfully participating in continuing peace negotiation efforts. It recommended that the State party give highest priority to the meaningful and inclusive participation of women at all stages of the peace process and in transitional justice processes. The Committee also recommended that opportunities be provided for women and civil society organizations to contribute to the peace process as active participants by establishing effective channels of communication, coordination and joint initiatives for the inclusion of women’s priorities (ibid., paras. 10–11). 11