A/HRC/28/31 economic, social and cultural rights of women, such as protection of the family by the Human Rights Council, failed to articulate women’s right to equality and its incorporation in protection of the family. 54. The need for a balance between freedom of expression and the promotion of gender equality in the media was also discussed. Messages conveyed by the media were decisive in shaping perceptions of roles and relations and in combating gender stereotypes and discrimination against women. Cooperation in that field was of utmost importance. 55. Another challenge noted by participants was the issue of some contradictory human rights standards among regional mechanisms, combined with limited and disproportionate accessibility by women to those protection systems in order to address human rights violations against them. 3. Forms of cooperation 56. Participants put forward proposals for cooperation between regional mechanisms and different stakeholders, with the aim of mainstreaming economic, social and cultural rights of women: • Forging partnerships among the regional mechanisms and developing joint interventions to build expertise and maximize their impact, in the light of scarce resources; • Strengthening cooperation with international mechanisms through submission of general comments, observations and reports by regional mechanisms; • Consolidating information on the economic, social and cultural rights of women; • Developing guidelines/templates for reporting obligations of member States; • Exchanging information on good practices between regional and United Nations mechanisms, specifically on women’s economic, social and cultural rights; • Working together with media and media regulatory bodies to combat stereotyping and promote gender equality. D. 1. Economic, social and cultural rights of persons with disabilities Best practices 57. Panellists from the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Qatar National Human Rights Committee, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the International Disability Alliance and the Human Rights and Disability Adviser to OHCHR acknowledged the importance of involving civil society in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 58. Specific actions of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities were referred to, namely, the development of a comprehensive approach to the rights of persons with disabilities, in order to avoid a “clustered” vision of disability in the field of human rights. The Committee also held a meeting with national monitoring mechanisms in order to discuss cooperation opportunities and strategies for the monitoring of the implementation of the Convention. It was flagged that in 2015, the Committee will have a focal point for interaction with national monitoring mechanisms. 59. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities obligates State parties to take measures with a view to achieving progressively the full realization of economic, social and cultural rights (art. 4, para. 2) . However, according to specific jurisprudence, the 12