A/HRC/43/48 (i) Establish and maintain educational programmes and public policies that promote gender equality and non-discrimination, developed in cooperation with women, girls and LGBT+ persons, and make appropriate financial resources available; (j) Empower advocates for equality and non-discrimination through access to education, including equality training for teachers; (k) Develop human rights education and training for religious leaders; in this connection, the Special Rapporteur welcomes the #Faith4Rights toolkit, recently launched by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; (l) Encourage private actors, both from human rights organizations and religious groups, to facilitate the realization of women’s agency within religions. By allowing all women to have a voice, including to dissent, exercising freedom of thought and conscience, individuals can achieve not only respect for one another’s human rights, but also a greater understanding of where and how religious practices can diminish and curtail rights; (m) Promote education about religions and freedom of religion or belief within communities of women, girls and LGBT+ persons; (n) Extend invitations to United Nations human rights mechanisms, including the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls and the Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. 77. The Special Rapporteur also recommends that: (a) Faith leaders publicly oppose expressions of hostility against, and negative stereotypes of, women, girls, LGBT+ persons and human rights defenders promoting gender equality, including by faith leaders, and express solidarity with and support for women, girls and LGBT+ persons; (b) Civil society organizations and faith leaders promote holistic and inclusive discussions on how practices “justified” with reference to religion or belief are causing discriminatory treatment, harmful practices and sometimes life-threatening abuses, and continue campaigns focused on combating these practices; (c) The United Nations human rights system continue to clarify international human rights law on the intersections of freedom of religion or belief and gender equality and urge the Human Rights Committee, in consultation with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and relevant special procedures, to produce a general comment on the intersections between the right to freedom of religion or belief and the right to equality and non-discrimination on the basis of gender, including in the context of private services. 19

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