A/HRC/10/42
E/CN.6/2009/7
Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences also
attended the fifty-second session of the Commission on the Status of Women.
12. Coordination of the preparation of reports to be submitted to
intergovernmental bodies continued. OHCHR provided inputs to the reports of the
Secretary-General on trafficking in women and girls (A/63/215) and on eliminating
rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including in
conflict and related situations (A/63/216 and Corr.1), which were submitted to the
General Assembly at its sixty-third session. OHCHR provided inputs to the reports
of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women
(E/CN.6/2008/6), and on ending female genital mutilation (E/CN.6/2008/3), which
were submitted to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-second
session. OHCHR contributed to the report of the Secretary-General on
mainstreaming a gender perspective into all policies and programmes of the United
Nations system, submitted to the Economic and Social Council (see E/2008/53). The
Division contributed information on trafficking in women and girls to a report by
OHCHR on trafficking in persons, in response to Human Rights Council resolution
8/12.
III. Joint workplan for 2009
A.
Promotion of the human rights of women and mainstreaming of
gender perspectives in the field of human rights
13. The Division for the Advancement of Women will continue to implement its
mandated responsibilities with regard to women’s human rights in follow-up to the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third
special session of the General Assembly, and other relevant mandates. The Division
will cooperate with OHCHR and exchange information of relevance in support of
the work of human rights treaty bodies and enhanced mainstreaming of gender
perspectives in their work.
14. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR will continue to
support the participation of the Chairperson of the Commission on the Status of
Women and of the President of the Human Rights Council in each other’s sessions
and the participation of the Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women in the sessions of the Commission on the Status of
Women.
15. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR will continue to
seek input and provide comments for reports to be submitted to intergovernmental
bodies and special procedures, as relevant. The Division will continue to monitor
progress with respect to integrating gender perspectives in the work of
intergovernmental and expert bodies and exchange information with the Special
Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences or other
mandate holders, as relevant.
16. The Division for the Advancement of Women and OHCHR will exchange
information and cooperate on follow-up to any actions the Commission on the
Status of Women will take at its fifty-third session as well as any actions the Human
Rights Council will take in 2009, as relevant. The Division and OHCHR will also
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