16. 工作组在每届会议期间都举行了会议。在第七十六届会议上，工作组决定根据对第 19 号一般性建议加以更新的关于基于性别的暴力侵害妇女行为的第 35 号一般性建议(2017 年)，为缔约国制定全面指导意见，包括缔约国向委员会提交的关于履行义务和问责情况的定期报告的核对表。工作组还讨论了一项建议，即作为优先事项着手为缔约国和其他利益攸关方制定一份关于在 COVID-19 疫情之类大流行病期间基于性别的暴力侵害妇女和女童问题从业人员指南。在第七十七届会议上，工作组主席介绍了给缔约国的指导说明导言草案。工作组决定以核对表的形式发布指导说明，并在其中纳入从业人员指南。工作组与暴力侵害妇女及其原因和后果问题特别报告员举行了闭会期间会议，讨论指导说明草案。在第七十八届会议上，工作组主席介绍了指导说明草案第一节，该节重点关注家庭暴力问题。工作组讨论并通过了用以完成指导说明的工作方案。
16. The working group met during each of the sessions. At the seventy-sixth session, the working group decided to prepare comprehensive guidance for States parties, including a checklist for the submission to the Committee of periodic reports on the implementation of their obligations and their accountability as set out in general recommendation No. 35 (2017) on gender-based violence against women, updating general recommendation No. 19. It also discussed a proposal to embarkas a matter of priority on the formulation of a practitioner’s guide for States parties and other stakeholders on gender-based violence against women and girls during pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic. At the seventy-seventh session, the Chair of the working group presented a draft introduction to the guidance note for States parties. The group decided to issue the guidance note in the form of a checklist and to include the practitioner’s guide. The group held an intersessional meeting with the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences to discuss the draft guidance note. At the seventy-eighth session, the Chair of the working group presented the first section of the draft guidance note, which is focused on domestic violence. The group discussed and adopted a programme of work for the completion of the guidance note.