A/HRC/38/46 Contents Page I. II. Activities ....................................................................................................................................... 3 A. Sessions ................................................................................................................................ 3 B. Country visits ........................................................................................................................ 3 C. Communications and press releases ...................................................................................... 3 D. Other activities ...................................................................................................................... 4 Thematic analysis: reasserting equality, countering rollbacks ...................................................... 4 A. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 4 B. Global context of persistent discrimination and backlashes against women’s rights and the need to strengthen the protection system.................................................................. 5 The Working Group’s efforts to contribute to the advancement of the elimination of discrimination against women ....................................................................... 12 Setting the vision for the next years of the mandate ............................................................. 16 Conclusions and recommendations ............................................................................................... 18 A. Conclusions .......................................................................................................................... 18 B. Recommendations................................................................................................................. 19 C. D. III. 2