Science, technology and innovation for sustainable development (2020), para. 52
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13. Underlines that addressing barriers to equal access for women and girls to science, technology and innovation requires a systematic, comprehensive, integrated, sustainable, multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach, and in this regard urges Member States to mainstream a gender perspective in legislation, policies and programmes, and encourages efforts to mentor, attract and retain women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and research and to support women in leveraging science and technology for entrepreneurship and economic empowerment in the changing world of work;