A/HRC/38/24 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 19 April 2018 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-eighth session 18 June–6 July 2018 Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Review of promising practices and lessons learned, existing strategies and United Nations and other initiatives to engage men and boys in promoting and achieving gender equality, in the context of eliminating violence against women Note by the Secretariat Summary The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 35/10. It highlights key lessons learned and promising practices on engaging men and boys to promote and achieve gender equality. GE.18-06267(E) 