A/HRC/43/50/Add.1 (c) Promote equality between men and women in private and public life; publicly challenge stereotypical ideas about women and efforts to degrade women and the pursuit of gender equality; and engage in regulatory monitoring and evaluation of media representations to ensure they do not spread sexist ideas; (d) Respect and ensure the right to education for all without discrimination, in accordance with international standards; this implies a secular public school system with a non-sexist curriculum that promotes a culture of equality; (e) Respect and ensure women’s equal right to participate in cultural life without discrimination; (f) Review the legal framework so as to enable same-sex couples to enter into civil unions and enjoy equality; (g) Ensure the wide participation of organizations of persons with disabilities in the decision-making, implementation and evaluation processes related to the strategy for persons with disabilities and consider inviting the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities for a country visit. 94. To improve enjoyment of human rights related to the knowledge of history and ensure the right to access and enjoy cultural heritage, the Government should: (a) Review the relevant legislative frameworks to ensure they fully respect academic freedoms, including the freedom to seek and impart information; (b) Respect the artistic and scientific freedom of the directors and staff of cultural institutions and museum curators as well as the autonomy of universities and refrain from politicizing or exercising undue pressure on the content of their work; (c) Support the work of those seeking to display a complex vision of history and of past human rights abuses and atrocities, foster open debates about historical events and respect the integration of this complexity in school history curricula and in museums, as important means of developing critical thinking and understanding and of shaping a tolerant and inclusive society; (d) Encourage history teaching, at all levels, to foster critical thought and analytic learning and debate, stressing the complexity of history; (e) Develop, as a matter of priority, an overall management plan for the Białowieża forest World Heritage site that places the protection of its cultural and environmental value and of the human rights related to heritage as its central objectives and implement the recommendations arising from the 2018 joint World Heritage Centre-International Union for Conservation of Nature mission. 95. To increase the realization of artistic freedom and the right to access and enjoy the arts and the creativity of others, as well as the right of everyone to take part in cultural life without discrimination, the Government should: (a) Refrain from any efforts to mould the cultural sphere into a vehicle solely for promoting the ruling party’s views and agenda, and afford equal space for diverse cultural voices; (b) Abide by the obligation to protect artists and all persons participating in artistic production, creation and dissemination from violence by third parties, take measures to de-escalate tensions when they arise, ensure the rule of law and protect artistic freedom; (c) Encourage and support various forms of financial support for artistic production to ensure diversity in cultural programming and independence in the creative process; (d) Ensure the participation of representatives of independent associations of artists in decision-making related to art; the nomination or appointment of cultural administrators or directors of cultural institutions should be made on the basis of recognized expertise rather than political or other views; (e) Fully support arts education, artistic creativity and the establishment of cultural institutions accessible to and inclusive of all; 17