A/HRC/29/40 I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolutions 15/23 and 26/5. In chapter II, the Working Group summarizes its activities from the submission of its last report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/26/39) until March 2015. In chapter III, it addresses discrimination against women in cultural and family life. 2. The roles of Chairperson-Rapporteur and Vice-Chairperson of the Working Group were carried out by Frances Raday and Emna Aouij, respectively, until January 2015, and then by Emna Aouij and Eleonora Zielinska, respectively. II. Activities A. Sessions 3. The Working Group held three sessions during the period under review. At its tenth session, held from 5 to 9 May 2014 in Geneva, it discussed various issues relating to women in cultural and family life with a number of stakeholders, relevant parts of the United Nations Secretariat and other experts. At its eleventh session, held from 10 to 16 October 2014 in Geneva, the Working Group continued its consultations with several stakeholders, including the International Labour Organization and departments of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. By way of follow-up to the first meeting it organized in 2013, the Working Group held a seminar on the priority theme of cultural and family life, bringing together several representatives of the regional human rights mechanisms of America, Europe and Africa. At its twelfth session, held from 19 to 23 January 2015 in New York, the Working Group continued its cooperation with its partners, including the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and with several Member States regarding the establishment of a legal framework for the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda and Beijing + 20. The Working Group consulted experts, academics and NGOs on the next priority theme it will address, namely discrimination against women in the areas of health and safety. It consolidated the information it had gathered to inform the present report. B. Country visits 4. The Working Group visited Chile from 1 to 9 September 2014 (A/HRC/29/40/Add.1), Peru from 10 to 19 September 2014 (A/HRC/29/40/Add.2) and Spain from 9 to 19 December 2014 (A/HRC/29/40/Add.3). It wishes to thank the Governments of these countries for their cooperation before and during the visits and thanks Senegal, Hungary, the United States of America and Maldives for responding positively to its requests to visit. C. Communications and press releases 5. During the period under review, the Working Group addressed communications to Governments, individually or jointly with other special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council. Those communications concerned a wide range of subjects falling within its mandate, including discriminatory legislation on nationality, and the legal minimum age for marriage, allegations of forced and/or early marriage, and sexual and reproductive health (A/HRC/27/72, A/HRC/28/85 and A/HRC/29/50). The Working Group GE.15-07003 3