A/HRC/16/33
E/CN.6/2011/8
I. Introduction
1.
The present report is submitted in accordance with resolution 39/5 of
31 March 1995 of the Commission on the Status of Women, resolution 1997/43 of
11 April 1997 of the Commission on Human Rights, and resolution 6/30 of
14 December 2007 of the Human Rights Council. A joint workplan has been
prepared annually by the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Secretariat,
now part of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women (UN Women), and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights (OHCHR). The workplan for 2010 is contained in document
A/HRC/13/70-E/CN.6/2010/7.
2.
Cooperation between OHCHR and the Division for the Advancement of
Women continued in 2010, with the goal of achieving equality between women and
men and the promotion and protection of women’s human rights. The major
activities that were carried out jointly in 2010 are outlined below (see sect. II), as
are plans for the future, taking into account the establishment of UN Women by the
General Assembly (see sect. III).
II. Review of the implementation of the joint workplan
for 2010
3.
During the implementation of the current joint workplan, the exchange of
information continued between OHCHR, the Office of the Special Adviser on
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, now part of UN Women, and the
Division for the Advancement of Women, now part of UN Women. The Division and
OHCHR continued to cooperate within the framework of inter-agency mechanisms,
especially the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality, under the
leadership of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.
The Division and OHCHR participated in the ninth session of the Inter-Agency
Network on Women and Gender Equality from 23 to 25 February 2010 in New York.
Both entities participated in several of the task forces of the Network, including its
Task Force on Violence against Women, co-convened by the Division and the
United Nations Population Fund, and the Task Force on Women and Peace and
Security, chaired by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of
Women. OHCHR also contributed to the inventory of activities of the United
Nations system on violence against women, compiled twice yearly by the Division
as part of the activities of the Task Force on Violence against Women.
4.
Both entities continued to participate in the Inter-Agency Cooperation Group
against Trafficking in Persons, chaired by the United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime, as well as in decision-making concerning grants by the United Nations Trust
Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women. The Division and
OHCHR also continued collaboration within the context of the Executive
Committee on Economic and Social Affairs, specifically in the cluster on the
advancement of women, which is co-convened by the Division for the Advancement
of Women and the Economic Commission for Africa.
5.
An OHCHR staff member participated in an expert group meeting on good
practices in national action plans on violence against women in Port of Spain, from
13 to 15 September 2010, co-organized by the Division for the Advancement of
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