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on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000),1 in which she
participated. On 16 October 2015, she took part in a panel discussion on practical measures
to put an end to femicide.2
5.
On 14 March 2016, the mandate holder, pursuant to Human Rights Council
resolution 7/24, presented an oral report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its
sixtieth session. At the opening of the session, the Special Rapporteur outlined the priorities
of the mandate. At the invitation of the Commission, the Special Rapporteur made
concluding remarks at the end of the examination of the review theme on the elimination
and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls, which was for the first
time based on interactive voluntary reporting and the sharing of different experiences and
good practices. In her concluding remarks, the Special Rapporteur highlighted that violence
against women and girls was increasing, and in new and emerging forms, facilitated by the
Internet and other communications technology; the importance of international and regional
normative frameworks for developing national laws and policies, and some of the common
challenges for the implementation of these frameworks, such as sustaining political will and
adequate funding; and the fact that impunity and accountability of perpetrators remained a
challenge. She explained the importance of relying on the collection of comparable data on
the nature and extent of such violence, and recalled that challenges remained in the
collection of such data. She added that data on homicide should include intimate partner
femicide, and pointed out the importance of data on all other types of femicide, which could
be analysed and used in designing preventive approaches. There was also a need to
strengthen efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and
international and regional instruments, national laws and policies in a comprehensive and
holistic manner to ensure that each and every woman and girl lived free from violence.
6.
At the sixtieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, the Special
Rapporteur also participated in a number of events, including jointly with the Chair of the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on a wide range of issues,
such as on the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5; an open forum on the
theme, “Tackling violence against women as a prerequisite for sustainable development”; a
side event on the theme “Sustainable Development Goal 5 and online violence against
women: who’s accountable? Due diligence, the States and Internet intermediaries”; an
event organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO), the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of
Women (UN-Women) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on the theme,
“Empowering adolescent girls and young women through education: a new model for
delivering the 2030 Agenda”; and a panel discussion organized by the Women’s Learning
Partnership in collaboration with the Gender Studies programme at The New School on the
theme, “When home is where the harm is: family law reform to challenge gender-based
violence”.
B.
Participation in conferences and consultations
7.
On 28 August 2015, in Tokyo, the Special Rapporteur took part in a round table on
“Women and peacebuilding”, on the margins of the 2015 World Assembly for Women
Conference. At the event, she delivered a statement on the relationship between violence
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United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, Preventing Conflict,
Transforming Justice, Securing the Peace: A Global Study on the Implementation of United Nations
Security Council resolution 1325, October 2015.
See General Assembly resolution 70/176 and E/CN.15/2015/16.
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