A/HRC/32/42 against women and peacebuilding, explaining that general recommendation No. 30 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was aimed at integrating a human rights framework for women into the women, peace and security agenda. On 29 August, at a special expert meeting organized by Equal Futures Partnership at the Conference, she made a statement on the potential of equal futures partnerships, pointing out that gender-based violence was considered a form of discrimination that prevents women from enjoying their civil, political, economic and development rights. 8. On 24 September 2015, in New York, the mandate holder, at the invitation of New York University, participated in the launch of the Global Gender Studies concentration, where she made a statement on uncovering the gendered dynamics in global affairs, and peace, development and human rights beyond 2015. She stressed that, to observe such dynamics, it was essential to bring gender into discussions on international relations, to use a “gender lens” and to take into consideration the causes and consequences of persistent forms of direct and indirect discrimination, inequality, violence against women, subordination and oppression of women and girls around the world. 9. On 20 October 2015, in Sarajevo, the Special Rapporteur participated in a conference on the theme, “Monitoring the implementation of the Istanbul Convention: new synergies”, in the context of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. She delivered a statement on the new synergies among the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Declaration on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Istanbul Convention, and called upon all States that had not yet ratified the Istanbul Convention to re-examine their reasons for not doing so and to consider accelerating the ratification process. 10. On 2 November 2015, in The Hague, the Netherlands, the Special Rapporteur participated in the annual conference of Women against Violence Europe. She subsequently participated in the third World Conference of Women’s Shelters, at which she delivered a statement on strengthening global and regional networks, stressing the need for clear and comprehensive national legislation and policies on violence against women, including on shelters and global guidelines on shelters. 11. On 9 and 10 November 2015, in Tbilisi, she took part in a high-level conference on achieving gender equality, and challenges to and opportunities in the European Neighbourhood Policy. She delivered a statement on joining forces to end violence against women and girls in public and private domains, where progress in achieving gender equality and eliminating such violence would accelerate significantly under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, particularly given that, for the first time, a global gendered framework for development called for the realization of human rights of all. During the conference, she interacted with a number of stakeholders from the Government and civil society entities. 12. On 13 November 2015, in Geneva, the Special Rapporteur met with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to discuss cooperation between their mandates, including in relation to the work in progress to update its general recommendation No. 19. The mandate holder hopes to hold regular meetings with the Committee, and also emphasizes the importance for both mechanisms of adopting consistent recommendations and following up on their implementation. In the light of resolution 1994/45, in which the Commission on Human Rights founded the mandate, the Special Rapporteur wishes to continue to cooperate with the Committee. 13. On 18 November 2015, the Special Rapporteur had a meeting with the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence to discuss 6