A/HRC/28/3 3. Discrimination on the basis of sex 41. The Office strove to strengthen the capacity of women’s human rights defenders to monitor instances of gender-based discrimination and participate in the development of public policies to promote women’s human rights and gender equality (for example, in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Mali, Senegal and the Sudan (Darfur)). In South-East Asia, OHCHR supported the exchange of experiences among human rights defenders promoting women’s access to land and productive resources, and published a handbook on the subject with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women). 42. OHCHR led efforts to implement its technical guidance on the application of a human rights-based approach to the implementation of policies and programmes to reduce preventable maternal mortality and morbidity. 9 In Malawi, this resulted in an ongoing dialogue between the Government, national stakeholders and the United Nations to examine policies and processes against human rights requirements. In Uganda, OHCHR undertook a comprehensive human rights assessment on maternal and child health. In Mexico, it contributed to the work of a coalition of organizations working at the State level in Jalisco to apply the technical guidance. 4. Discrimination on the basis of disability 43. The thematic study on the right of persons with disabilities to education prepared by the Office10 and resolution 25/20 subsequently adopted by the Human Rights Council were instrumental to OHCHR advocacy and technical assistance. The Office played a key role in ensuring that the rights of persons with disabilities were mainstreamed in the post-2015 development agenda. 44. In October 2014, the OHCHR Regional Office for Europe held its fifth annual event on the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities. The event provided for bridgebuilding between stakeholders and served as a powerful advocacy platform for the rights and obligations contained in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 45. In the Republic of Moldova, OHCHR continued to support the Government’s efforts to amend relevant laws and practices in order to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in particular with regard to equal recognition before the law, and was instrumental in enabling a number of children with disabilities to enrol in mainstream schools or kindergartens. 5. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity 46. The Office documented widespread human rights abuses targeting individuals because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. While welcoming the steps taken by many States to address such abuses, concerns remain at attempts made in several States to establish or expand discriminatory legislation in this regard, as well as at the increasing number of attacks against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons and those who speak up in their defence. 47. OHCHR continued to engage with Governments and other stakeholders to advance human rights protection for members of the LGBT community, and supported the efforts of United Nations human rights mechanisms to the same end. In Ecuador, for example, OHCHR provided technical assistance for an interministerial task force on the rights of 9 10 See A/HRC/21/22. A/HRC/25/29. 9