A/HRC/26/39 individually or jointly with other mandate holders, human rights treaty bodies and regional mechanisms. D. Commission on the Status of Women 6. On 10 March 2014, Frances Raday, the Chairperson of the Working Group, took part in a high-level round table on the priority theme of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women. She also met with a number of stakeholders, including UN-Women and the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Post-2015 Development Planning. She also participated in a side event on “Beyond 2015: Due Diligence Framework to End Violence against Women”. E. Other activities 7. On 24–25 June, Frances Raday took part in the Annual Meeting of Special Procedures and was elected to the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures. From 27 to 28 June 2013, she participated in an International Expert Conference entitled “Vienna+20: Advancing the Protection of Human Rights”. On 7 October 2013, Emna Aouij, Vice-Chairperson, participated in a discussion organized by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to inform a general recommendation on rural women. She also participated in a regional consultation on discrimination against women in the Middle East and North Africa region with a special focus on family and cultural life (Tunis, 18–19 December 2013). From 27 to 29 October 2013, Kamala Chandrakirana took part in a regional consultation with women’s rights organizations in the Asia Pacific region, organized by the Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, focusing on economic and social life. Eleonora Zielinksa took part in an international symposium on “Women in Prison and the Bangkok Rules” in Hong Kong, China from 23 to 27 February 2014. III. Thematic analysis: eliminating discrimination against women in economic and social life with a focus on economic crisis 8. This report focuses on the gender aspects of economic and social rights.2 These rights have particular significance for women, who are disproportionately affected by economic and social marginalization and poverty. Women’s right to equality in economic and social rights is substantive, immediate and enforceable. It concerns the division of existing resources, not the development of resources, and therefore the principle of progressive realization does not apply. The State has an obligation of due diligence to prevent discrimination against women in economic and social life by private persons or entities. Furthermore, temporary special measures may be required to accelerate the achievement of de facto equality. In preparing this report, the Working Group availed itself of a wealth of information gathered through a survey that elicited 70 Governments’ replies and other stakeholders’ inputs, and global and specialized background papers. All this information is available on the Working Group’s web page.3 The Working Group also 2 3 4 This report has minimal footnotes due to word limit restrictions. A version of the report with full references and a bibliography for each section is available at www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Women/WGWomen/Pages/Discriminationagainstwomenineconomicandso ciallifeafocusoneconomiccrisis.aspx. Ibid.