A/HRC/39/35 engaging with such groups through human rights education would reduce their vulnerability, facilitate their participation in the formulation of laws and policies that concerned them, foster equality and help to fight against discrimination and xenophobia. 64. Women, girls and children were referred to specifically as an important population to be prioritized in outreach efforts, in all of the above-mentioned sectors. 65. Other target sectors suggested by a number of respondents included the general public, and professional and other groups whose work had a direct impact on human rights, such as parliamentarians and politicians, legal professionals, lawyers and judges, health professionals, the private sector and businesses, civil society organizations, human rights defenders, science, technology, engineering and mathematics professionals, and social workers. 66. With regard to thematic areas, the responses were quite diverse, largely reflecting specific national contexts and priorities. Some of the overarching thematic areas prevalent in many submissions were promoting education aimed at building inclusive and peaceful societies with a focus on equality, non-discrimination, inclusion and respect for diversity, and aligning the fourth phase with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and specifically with target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals. Various submissions contained an emphasis on the importance of education in fighting intolerance and discrimination, which were increasing in parallel to growing migration and refugee movements around the world. Some submissions also pointed to the contribution made by human rights education to global citizenship education and a culture of peace in formal, non-formal and informal settings at all levels, thereby helping to prevent conflict and human rights violations and mass atrocities. Reference was frequently made to the important role played by culture, from various perspectives, within this framework and in human rights education overall. 67. Some submissions highlighted the importance of developing further human rights education methodology, and in particular tools and indicators to monitor and measure the progress and impact of human rights education. Other recurrent thematic areas included specific rights or groups of rights, such as the right to health, access to justice, sexual and reproductive health and rights and comprehensive sexuality education, environmental rights, the right to education, the right to a healthy environment and the right to development. 13