A/HRC/38/24 47. Various strategies for meaningfully engaging men and boys for gender equality include: (a) Engaging men and boys in combating harmful practices through their roles as, among others, religious and traditional leaders, fathers, sons, family members, teachers, health professionals and members of the community; (b) Helping transform discriminatory gender norms and stereotypes and promoting non-violent, respectful and equal gender relations through education and communication, including through: gender-responsive early childhood education and development, the integration of gender equality content into curricula at all levels of education and scientifically based and age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education; (c) Promoting equal sharing of responsibilities in unpaid care and domestic work, including through parental leave policies and increased flexibility in working arrangements; (d) Promoting full respect for the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, girls, men, boys and non-binary persons, emphasizing the importance of dismantling discriminatory stereotypes in this area and supporting behavioural change; (e) Adopting a life cycle and intergenerational approach, including through the rehabilitation of perpetrators of gender-based violence to prevent reoffending and support for men and boys who have witnessed and suffered from violence, in addition to support for women and girls who have been exposed to and experienced such violence; (f) Promoting the engagement of men in positions of authority and as advocates to support the establishment of a legal and policy framework that guarantees gender equality, prohibits and eliminates discrimination and prevents and responds to all forms of gender-based violence in all spheres of life; (g) Engaging men who have influence within public institutions relevant to the prevention and response to gender-based violence to address bias in such institutions and adopt gender-transformative approaches. This includes institutions in education, health, social protection, law enforcement and justice systems; (h) Mobilizing men and boys for gender equality and the elimination of gender-based violence at community and societal level, in partnership with women’s rights movements. 48. In their efforts to engage men and boys to promote and achieve gender equality and to eliminate gender-based violence against women, States, national human rights institutions, civil society organizations, United Nations entities and development partners should: (a) Invest in efforts that engage men, boys, women, girls and nonbinary persons to challenge unequal power relations and to transform discriminatory gender stereotypes and social norms to promote non-violent, equal and inclusive relationships that are also inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons; (b) Build a strong evidence base for effective policy and programme design and ensure rigorous monitoring to assess the actual impact of interventions on the transformation of discriminatory gender norms and stereotypes, the promotion of gender equality and the prevention and reduction of gender-based violence against all women and girls; (c) Pay due attention to the intersection of discrimination and discriminatory stereotypes based on gender and other grounds, such as race, economic and social status, sexual orientation and gender identity, disability, and cultural and religious background; 16