APF Action Plan on the Human Rights of Women and Girls: Promoting Gender Equality. The APF reaffirms its: Commitments made at APF 16 in 2011 to mainstream gender equality into APF objectives and work; and Commitments towards the implementation of the Advisory Council of Jurists recommendations in relation to gender. APF member institutions agree to: 1. continue advocacy for independent participation rights for A-status NHRIs at the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the General Assembly; 2. monitor the State Party’s implementation of CEDAW and its Optional Protocol and engage in the periodic examinations, reporting processes and development of general recommendations under the treaty, as well as engage in the communication and inquiries process under the Optional Protocol, where appropriate; 3. engage with the UPR and monitor the State’s implementation of the recommendations on women and girl’s rights that have been accepted in the UPR; 4. mainstream women’s and children’s issues in engagement with all Treaty Bodies and Special Procedure Mandate Holders to promote the human rights of women and girls and follow up the State’s implementation of recommendations relating to women and girl’s human rights; 5. engage with regional intergovernmental bodies such as the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), the League of Arab States (LAS), Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) on issues relating to human rights of women and girls; 6. monitor the promotion and protection of the full range of women’s human rights at the national level; 1