A/HRC/30/70 65. Other recommendations proposed by panellists included the promotion of secularism and the establishment of mechanisms and financing to facilitate consideration of women candidates for senior appointments in the public sector. Calls were also made to motivate and involve men in promoting awareness of gender equality and changing attitudes, as well as to support debates on masculinity, in order to bring about lasting change and combat harmful gender stereotypes. 66. Panellists also emphasized the need for States to support the women’s movement, in particular women’s associations and organizations, which were crucial in their systematic monitoring and reporting on women’s human rights. In conclusion, the need was expressed to more aggressively promote the beneficial role of women’s values in the business sector, which were often neglected. This included a greater concentration on welfare within the business community, a more consensus-based approach and a stronger inclination to search for peaceful solutions that would benefit everyone. 67. Panellists also shared examples of good practices to promote the equal participation of women in power and decision-making. This included public procurement policies that provided greater opportunities for women in small and medium enterprises to thrive, as well as the setting of targets by multinationals themselves to make their supply chains more inclusive. 68. Other examples included moving women from the informal to the formal sector by ensuring access to credit, reforming the taxation systems and reducing bureaucracy. Support by countries and communities to vulnerable refugee communities, the majority of whom were women, and efforts to connect them to markets, was highlighted as bringing benefits to everyone. 69. Panellists also shared good practice examples, such as networking initiatives in some Latin American countries to connect and establish relationships between civil society organizations and national human rights and women’s institutions; the establishment of bodies to monitor the situation of women’s participation in politics; and the existence of organizations that help finance political campaigns of women candidates who are committed to defending the human rights of women, including their sexual and reproductive health and rights. 70. The panel discussion provided an opportunity to consider what has been accomplished since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and to emphasize the international legal underpinnings of women’s equal participation in power and decision-making in all spheres—political, economic, social and cultural. The panel was unanimous in calling for action at all levels, from the family to the regional and international levels. It said that States should remain committed and persist in the common endeavour to accelerate and ensure that the targets adopted in Beijing were met. 13