A/HRC/36/49 gender dimension in his work, considering, in the first instance, the developmental challenges that women and girls face in most societies. These challenges are many, ranging from laws that give unequal access to land and other resources, to development or disaster reduction policies that do not provide women with access to education and financing to develop their businesses or even enough food to feed their children and that do not ensure basic services, such as health care and housing; (c) Interdependence and indivisibility of human rights. The Special Rapporteur recalls that all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including the right to development, are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated. He also recalls that, as stated in the Declaration on the Right to Development, in order to promote development, equal attention and urgent consideration should be given to the implementation, promotion and protection of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights and that, accordingly, the promotion of, respect for and enjoyment of certain human rights and fundamental freedoms cannot justify the denial of other human rights and fundamental freedoms. The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, which explicitly recognize the right to development, and the Paris Agreement on climate change provides a renewed opportunity to revitalize the implementation of the right to development; (d) International cooperation. International cooperation is mentioned on multiple occasions in resolutions of the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly and policy discussions related to the right to development. Achieving international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all is one of the purposes of the United Nations, articulated in Article 1 (3) of the Charter. In the Declaration on the Right to Development, it is recognized that the right to development cannot be realized, nor can all States fulfil their responsibilities, without effective cooperation among States. In its resolution 33/14, the Human Rights Council recognizes that Member States should cooperate with each other in ensuring development and eliminating lasting obstacles to development, and that the international community should promote effective international cooperation, in particular global partnerships for development, for the realization of the right to development and the elimination of obstacles to development. It also states that lasting progress towards the implementation of the right to development requires effective development policies at the national level, equitable economic relations and a favourable economic environment at the international level. The Special Rapporteur will focus on providing complementary and constructive contributions with respect to improving international cooperation and creating an enabling international environment for the realization of the right to development and all human rights. VI. Focus areas of the mandate 32. More than 30 years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Right to Development, there is a need to reinvigorate the advocacy process for its implementation. Business as usual will not be sufficient to achieve progress. The right to development is not just a declaration or a topic for political debate within the United Nations or political forums. The reality outside these forums is that of billions of people who are in need of improvements in their lives and who are entitled to have their human rights, including the right to development, realized. The particular value of the right to development is that it shifts the focus away from statistics and goods to the well-being of people. Only when people have access to education, when they are allowed to work in a profession of their choice, when they have access to financial services, health care and housing, when they can fully and fairly participate in shaping the policies that govern their lives, are they able to lead lives to their full potential. The right to development brings to the discussion the paradigm of choice — the right of every human being to participate in, to contribute to and to enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in order to achieve sustainable development. 33. When establishing the mandate of the Special Rapporteur, the Human Rights Council emphasized the urgent need to make the right to development a reality for 10