; Whereas the work of human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, in promoting civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights positively impacts the lives of women and girls around the world; Whereas women human rights defenders are at risk of and suffer from violations and abuses, including systematic violations and abuses of their fundamental rights to life, liberty, and security of person, to psychological and physical integrity, to privacy and respect for private and family life, and to freedom of opinion and expression, association, and peaceful assembly, and in addition these defenders can experience gender-based violence, rape, and other forms of sexual violence, harassment, and verbal abuse and attacks on reputation, online and offline, by state actors, including law enforcement personnel and security forces, and nonstate actors, such as those related to family and community, in both public and private spheres; Whereas historical and structural inequalities in power relations and discrimination against women, as well as various forms of extremism, have direct implications for the status and treatment of women; and Whereas, as documented in the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the rights of women human rights defenders, including those working on sexual and reproductive health and rights, have been violated or abused and their work stigmatized owing to discriminatory practices and social norms or patterns that serve to condone violence against women or perpetuate practices involving such violence: Now, therefore, be it