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changes in the perception and attitudes towards gender relations among women and
girls but also among men and boys.
49.
There was a consensus on the need to further strengthen accountability for
implementation of the 2030 Agenda. The crucial role of civil society organizations in
such efforts both at the national and international levels was underscored. At the
national level, the experts also highlighted the important role of national human rights
institutions and national statistics bureaux in facilitating the application of a human
rights-based approach to data in monitoring the implementation of the 2030 Agenda,
including the active use of recommendations issued by international human rights
institutions in such monitoring.
50.
There was also a consensus that the United Nations human rights mechanisms,
including the universal periodic review process, the special procedures and the human
rights treaty bodies, had a great potential for enhancing accountability for the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda, and their analyses, guidance and regular country
review processes could facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in accordance
with international human rights law.
51.
The following recommendations emanated from the discussion at the expert
meeting:
(a)
States should strive to advance gender equality and women’s rights in all
areas of the 2030 Agenda, taking into account the indivisibility of its three dimensions
— economic, social and environmental;
(b)
The United Nations human rights mechanisms should continue to
analyse the gender perspective and women’s rights in areas of the 2030 Agenda where
integration of a gender perspective remains weak, and issue concrete
recommendations and guidance on how to advance gender equality and to respect,
protect and fulfil women’s human rights in such areas. Such recommendations and
guidance should elaborate on the human rights responsibilities of business enterprises
and the extraterritorial obligations of States;
(c)
Stakeholders involved in monitoring the implementation of the 2030
Agenda, including States, international organizations, development partners and civil
society organizations, should improve their monitoring methodologies in order to
capture the diversity of women, girls and non-binary or non-gender conforming
persons, address intersecting forms of discrimination they face and measure progress
made on gender equality, by applying a human rights-based approach to data. Such
efforts would require the free, active and meaningful participation of women, girls
and non-binary or non-gender conforming persons belonging to marginalized groups
throughout the monitoring processes;
(d)
Stakeholders involved in monitoring the implementation of the 2030
Agenda, including States, international organizations, development partners and civil
society organizations, should develop and use gender-transformative indicators;
(e)
Collaboration between actors working on measurement and statistics
and actors working on human rights should be facilitated at the national and
international levels, including between national statistics bureaux and national human
rights institutions;
(f)
National stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and
national statistics bureaux, should be encouraged and supported in the active use of
recommendations and guidance on the realization of gender equality and women’s
rights issued by international human rights institutions, such as the United Nations
human rights mechanisms, in the implementation and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda
at the national level, including in voluntary national review processes and any other
national monitoring and evaluation processes;
(g)
United Nations human rights mechanisms should strengthen interaction
with the high-level political forum on sustainable development and with United
Nations entities acting as lead agencies on global indicators for the Sustainable
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