A/HRC/10/42 E/CN.6/2009/7 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted in accordance with Commission on the Status of Women resolution 39/5 of 31 March 1995, Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/43 of 11 April 1997, and Human Rights Council resolution 6/30 of 14 December 2007. A joint workplan is prepared annually by the Division for the Advancement of Women and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The workplan for 2008 is contained in document A/HRC/7/52-E/CN.6/2008/8. 2. Cooperation between OHCHR and the Division for the Advancement of Women continued in 2008 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 are outlined below, as are plans for joint activities for 2009. II. Review of the implementation of the joint workplan for 2008 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 and the Division for the Advancement of Women of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 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 seventh session of the Inter-Agency Network from 19 to 21 February 2008 in New York, contributing to discussions on all items on the agenda. Both entities participated in several of the task forces of the Inter-Agency Network, including its task force on violence against women, co-convened by the Division and the United Nations Population Fund. 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. Both entities also participate in a working group chaired by the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women on strengthening United Nations work on gender equality and the empowerment of women. 5. The Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and an OHCHR staff member working with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences participated in an expert group meeting in Vienna from 26 to 28 May 2008, co-organized by the Division for 2 08-64144