E/2005/27 E/CN.6/2005/11 Highlighting that enhanced trade opportunities and market access for developing countries, including through trade liberalization, will improve the economic condition of those societies, including for women, which is of particular importance in rural communities, Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in many developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, are linked to the feminization of poverty, Recognizing and expressing concern that the gender division of labour, especially the persistent unequal sharing of remunerated and unremunerated labour between women and men, and the lack of support services continue to limit women’s ability to benefit from economic opportunities, gain economic autonomy, access social security systems and build economic stability, including their ability to withstand adverse economic environments and preserve livelihoods, assets and revenue in times of crisis, Acknowledging that people living in poverty, particularly women, need better access to financial services, including savings, insurance, remittance transfers, payment services, and credit, and that women have the proven ability to be diligent savers, prudent borrowers and investors and successful entrepreneurs, Recognizing that information and communications technology can be a vital tool for training and empowering women, Recognizing also that access to basic affordable health-care services, preventative health information and the highest standard of health care is critical to women’s economic advancement, that lack of economic empowerment and independence increases women’s vulnerability to a range of negative health consequences, including the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, and that the neglect of women’s reproductive rights severely limits their opportunities in public and private life, including the opportunity for education and economic and political empowerment, Noting with concern that lack of economic empowerment increases women’s vulnerability to all forms of violence, Recognizing with appreciation all regional and national efforts in mainstreaming a gender perspective and the empowerment of women towards the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, including the increasing efforts of African countries in the implementation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, 1. Calls on Member States to strengthen efforts to implement national and international commitments that will advance women’s equality; 2. Also calls on Member States to promote gender mainstreaming in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation phases of all economic and social policies; 3. Further calls on Member States to improve, promote and build capacity for the collection, dissemination and analysis of gender-sensitive statistical indicators and reliable statistics that are disaggregated by sex as well as other relevant factors in order to facilitate better policy development, monitoring and evaluation of the economic and social advancement of women; 26