A/HRC/28/58 special attention to children, adolescents and older persons with disabilities. She will be attentive to the specific situation of persons with disabilities who may be subject to multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic, indigenous or social origin, property, birth, age or other status, and the multiple layers of barriers that these intersections may create. She will also work across social and economic groups and layers and do her utmost to ensure that no one is left behind in her deliberations. (c) Embracing human diversity. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that persons with disabilities are part of human diversity and should be respected and embraced as such. This idea was introduced among the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as “respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity”. Many of our societies have to date failed to embrace this idea. Building on the notion of human diversity, the Special Rapporteur will in her work promote the dignity and pride of persons with disabilities as part of humanity, bringing forth different experiences and fighting against negative and excluding perceptions related to disability. (d) Gender sensitivity. In the view of the Special Rapporteur, international and national efforts on disability have to a certain degree failed to systematically take into account a gender perspective; she therefore aims to pay special attention to gender sensitivity in her work, considering, in the first instance, the multifaceted discrimination and marginalization and the compounded violations of human rights that women and girls with disabilities face in most societies, as well as other persons or groups who may experience discrimination due to their sex or disability. (e) Accessibility. In the work of the Special Rapporteur, accessibility will be relevant mainly in two interdependent ways. First, there is an aim to ensure full accessibility of events, meetings and documentation in the official duties of the mandate holder. Second, accessibility will be seen as a cross-cutting issue in the substantive work of the Special Rapporteur, ensuring that it is fully present in national legislative frameworks, and in policy and programming, as well as a priority area of United Nations agencies, funds and programmes and other close partners. IV. Methods of work 20. The core of the Special Rapporteur’s work will consist of three interrelated activities: (a) Gathering, requesting, receiving and exchanging information and communications from and with States and other relevant sources, including persons with disabilities and their representative organizations and other civil society organizations, on violations of the rights of persons with disabilities; (b) Annual reports on the activities undertaken in fulfilling her mandate submitted to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly, including thematic studies on key issues related to the advancement of the rights of persons with disabilities; (c) Country visits at the invitation of Governments (see para. 23 (d) below). 21. In addition and within the framework of her mandate, the Special Rapporteur intends to undertake her tasks through the following working methods: (a) Collaborative efforts. As requested by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 26/20, the Special Rapporteur will develop a regular dialogue and consult with States and other relevant stakeholders to identify, exchange and promote good practices 9