A/RES/64/217
Recalling the outcomes of the International Conference on Financing for
Development 7 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 8 the Doha
Declaration on Financing for Development 9 and the Outcome of the Conference on
the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development, 10
6F
7F
8F
9F
Taking note with appreciation of the discussion on women in development in
the Commission on the Status of Women at its fiftieth session, and recalling its
agreed conclusions on “Enhanced participation of women in development: an
enabling environment for achieving gender equality and the advancement of women,
taking into account, inter alia, the fields of education, health and work”, 11
10F
Recognizing that access to basic affordable health care, preventive health
information and the highest standard of health, including in the areas of sexual and
reproductive health, is critical to women’s economic advancement, that lack of
economic empowerment and independence increases women’s vulnerability to a
range of negative consequences, including the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, and
that the neglect of the full enjoyment of human rights by women severely limits
their opportunities in public and private life, including the opportunity for education
and economic and political empowerment,
Reaffirming that gender equality is of fundamental importance for achieving
sustained and inclusive economic growth, poverty eradication and sustainable
development, in accordance with the relevant General Assembly resolutions and
United Nations conferences, and that investing in the development of women and
girls has a multiplier effect, in particular on productivity, efficiency and sustained
and inclusive economic growth, in all sectors of the economy, especially in key
areas such as agriculture, industry and services,
Reaffirming also the significant contribution that women make to the
economy, that women are key contributors to the economy and to combating poverty
and inequalities through both remunerated and unremunerated work at home, in the
community and in the workplace and that the empowerment of women is a critical
factor in the eradication of poverty,
Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many
developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, have contributed to
the feminization of poverty,
Expressing deep concern over the disproportionate negative impact on women
of the multiple interrelated and mutually exacerbating current global crises, in
particular the world financial and economic crisis, the volatile energy prices, the
food crisis and the challenges posed by climate change,
Noting that gender biases in labour markets and women’s lack of control over
their own labour and earned income are also major factors in women’s vulnerability
to poverty and, together with women’s disproportionate responsibilities for domestic
_______________
7
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March
2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.
8
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September
2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.
9
Resolution 63/239, annex.
10
Resolution 63/303, annex.
11
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2006, Supplement No. 7 and corrigenda
(E/2006/27 and Corr.1 and 2), chap I, sect. D.
2