7. work closely with specialised commissions for women and children, where they exist,
ensuring that their work on the promotion and protection of the rights of women
and girls is complementary and mutually supportive;
8. work in cooperation with non-governmental organisations and other civil society
organisations to promote and protect women’s and girl’s human rights;
9. give particular attention to the needs and problems of women who are human rights
defenders or who suffer discrimination because of the human rights issues they raise;
10. encourage States to adopt and implement a national human rights action plan, which
should mainstream and prioritise the rights of women and girls;
11. promote the implementation of international treaty commitments into domestic
legislation, policy and practice;
12. monitor the promotion and protection of the full range of women’s economic, social,
cultural, civil and political rights at the national level using benchmarks such as the
Millennium Development Goals and the UNDP’s Gender Empowerment Index to
assess the progress made by States;
13. strengthen APF member institutions’ capacities (particularly to support them in
undertaking points 4 to 6) by developing and implementing a blended learning
training programme on the human rights of women and girls and the role of NHRIs;
14. provide good practice case studies on the promotion and protection of women and
girl’s human rights to the APF for a possible compilation;
15. strive for gender equality across all levels of governance, leadership and staff
positions in NHRIs and ensuring that NHRI workplaces are free of sexual harassment,
violence and bullying; and
16. report on these actions and developments at APF annual meetings starting from
2013.
Adopted at the 11th International Conference of the International Coordinating Committee
of National Institutions on the Promotion of Human Rights on the theme of Human Rights of
Women and Girls: Promoting Gender Equality: The Role of National Human Rights
Institutions held in, Amman, Jordan, 5th to 7th November 2012.
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