A/HRC/50/25 I. Activities 1. The present report covers the main activities of the Working Group, from the time of submission of its previous report1 up to April 2022 and also includes a thematic analysis of the activism of girls and women. A. Sessions 2. In the context of the restrictions related to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the Working Group held three sessions virtually during the period under review. At its thirty-first session, held from 25 to 28 May 2021, the Working Group held meetings with civil society organizations working on girls’ rights, discussed future position papers and focused on the present thematic analysis. The experts also met with the main sponsor of the mandate to discuss the priorities for the upcoming year. 3. At the thirty-second session, held from 11 to 15 October 2021, the experts met with the then newly appointed Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences to exchange views on her vision for the mandate and seek further avenues of cooperation. In the context of the preparation of the present thematic report, the Working Group also convened meetings with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders. The experts also consulted several United Nations entities on the topic of girls’ activism, including the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Chair of the Child Rights Committee, representatives of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Women’s Rights and Gender Section of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 4. At its thirty-third session, held from 31 January to 4 February 2022, the Working Group held meetings with representatives of civil society organizations, the UN-Women liaison office in Geneva, the OHCHR Women’s Rights and Gender Section and the secretariat of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to exchange views on priority areas and potential synergies. The Working Group also met with representatives of regional human rights mechanisms from the African and Inter-American systems to benefit from their expertise in the area of the activism of girls and young women. B. Country visits 5. The Working Group visited Kyrgyzstan from 4 to 15 April 2022 and thanks the Government for its cooperation. It also thanks the Government of Maldives for its invitation to conduct a visit from 1 to 12 August 2022 and encourages other States to respond positively to its requests for visits. C. Communications and press releases 6. The Working Group addressed a number of communications to governments, individually or jointly with other mandates. The communications concerned a wide range of subjects, including discriminatory legislation and practices, allegations of the violations of the rights of women human rights defenders, gender-based violence and violations of the 1 A/HRC/44/51. 3