83 7 ORGANIZING NHRIs TO ACHIEVE WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUALITY Research and Publications SURVEY RESULTS 54% of NHRIs undertake research and disseminate publications on women’s rights and gender equality. 52% of NHRIs use annual reports alone, or use them in combination with other forms of reporting on women’s rights and gender equality. 23% of NHRIs publish thematic reports on women’s issues or gender equality (most NHRIs in this group also publish annual reports). (NHRIs were permitted to check more than one option.) Other publications include reports and publications on: • Annual, bi-annual or triennial reviews to assess progress on women’s rights; • Employment equity and pay equity; • Power lists" (celebrations of powerful women or groups of women in the country, especially where those women are members of vulnerable or groups facing racial discrimination); • "Power gaps", snapshots of the proportion of men and women who hold positions of power, with a focus on elected officials. These snapshots can assess where progress has been made and where progress has stalled; • Human trafficking and co-operative programmes between government departments and civil society to strengthen victims' rights; and • The role of women as actors in peace-building processes. NHRIs are also well placed to use their national role to convene stakeholders, experts and community leaders to share research and good practices and to improve public awareness, as well as to facilitate exchanges with NGOs and counselling services that work with women’s organizations. Example The Human Rights Ombudsperson Institution of Bosnia and Herzegovina decided to highlight employment discrimination against women, especially pregnant women, and prepared a Special Report on Violation of Human Right to Remuneration at the Time of Maternity Leave in Joint Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2009. Example The Moldovan NHRI produces an “Informative Juridical Bulletin” that addresses cross-cutting legal issues faced by Moldovan women in aspects related to critical areas of everyday life, including labour legislation, land and housing laws, economic rights, and consumer and family rights. Example The Romanian Institute for Human Rights has partnered with a campaign of the World Health Organization called “1000 cities, 1000 lives”, on health in cities, addressing women’s health by holding roundtables, symposia and debates, publishing reports and participating in international conferences on this topic.