A/HRC/RES/55/9 20. Recognizes the important contribution of workers’ and employers’ organizations, including through strong, influential and inclusive mechanisms of social dialogue in the area of full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all, and the importance of promoting equitable representation, participation and leadership in such organizations; 21. Underscores that there is an urgent need to create an environment at the national and international levels that is conducive to the attainment of full, productive and freely chosen employment and decent work for all as a foundation for sustainable development, and that an environment that supports investment, growth and entrepreneurship is essential to the creation of new job opportunities for women and men, and reaffirms that opportunities for all to obtain productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are essential to ensure the eradication of hunger and poverty, the realization of equality between women and men, the enhancement of working conditions of persons working in the informal economy, the improvement of economic and social well-being for all, the achievement of sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and sustainable development; 22. Calls upon States to continue their efforts to prevent and combat all forms of discrimination, violence and harassment, including sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment at the workplace, including by adopting and implementing laws and policies and through training, awareness-raising and support for women’s access to justice with respect to violence, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, bearing in mind that these continue to be among the factors that have an adverse impact on the realization of the right to work for women; 23. Encourages States to take all appropriate measures to prohibit discrimination in all matters concerning access to employment and job opportunities, including in relation to equal conditions of pay, hiring and career advancement, and to pay particular attention to women facing multiple intersecting forms of inequality and discrimination; 24. Decides to organize during its fifty-eighth session a panel discussion on the realization of the rights to work and to social security in the informal economy, in the context of sustainable and inclusive economies, with an emphasis on the importance of international cooperation and partnerships in this regard, to identify major challenges, experiences and best practices, and invites relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, particularly the International Labour Organization and its social partners, and the treaty bodies, the special procedures, civil society, national human rights institutions and other stakeholders to contribute actively to the panel discussion; 25. Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare an analytical report on the realization of the rights to work and to social security in the informal economy, based on the panel discussion, and to submit the report to the Human Rights Council at its sixtieth session. 53rd meeting 3 April 2024 [Adopted without a vote.] 5