A/HRC/29/40 also issued press releases, individually or jointly with other mandate holders, treaty bodies and regional mechanisms. D. Commission on the Status of Women 6. Alda Facio acted as moderator of a discussion on the realization of the rights of marginalized and disadvantaged women and girls, on 18 March 2015, and participated in other events at the fifty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women. E. Other activities 7. On 1 September 2014, Frances Raday, the Chairperson of the Working Group, wrote to the President of the Human Rights Council regarding the lack of a reference to gender equality within the family in Human Rights Council resolution 26/11 on the protection of the family. On 3 October 2014, she presented a draft statement on the issue, which was adopted by the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures. On 2 December 2014, she participated in a discussion on national action plans on business and human rights at the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. On 2 and 3 December 2014, Emna Aouij and Kamala Chandrakirana participated in a meeting of experts organized by the Due Diligence Project on the role of the State and the due diligence principle in relation to discrimination against women in cultural and family life. During the period under review, members of the Working Group participated in different activities relating to the Working Group’s mandate in their respective regions. III. Thematic analysis: eliminating discrimination against women in cultural and family life, with a focus on the family as a cultural space 8. The legal rights of women and girls to equality and non-discrimination in cultural and family life, established in 1948 by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and by international human rights law, are often restricted in national laws and in practice, including in cultural practice. The Working Group emphasizes that, in accordance with international human rights law, States have an obligation to adopt appropriate measures with a view to eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and girls in laws, cultural practices and the family, whether perpetrated by State agents or private actors. 9. In order to prepare this report, the Working Group used responses to a questionnaire received from 32 Member States, as well as studies and research by United Nations programmes and bodies, international human rights mechanisms and other stakeholders that were transmitted to it directly or have been carried out recently on the subject. 1 The Working Group also identified good practices in respect of equality in the family and in cultural life, as required by Human Rights Council resolution 15/23. A. The cultural construction of gender 10. Culture is a broad concept encompassing all forms of conduct, organization and human behaviour within society, 2 including family, language, religion, philosophy, law, 1 2 4 See www.ohchr.org/en/issues/women/wgwomen/pages/wgwomenindex.aspx. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general comment No. 21, para. 11. GE.15-07003