at all levels, including through temporary
special measures, and to ensure the participation of women’s organizations in the elaboration of the post-2015 development agenda.
Measures of accountability for the achievement of gender equality, the empowerment
of women, and the realization of the human
rights of women and girls are also reflected.
of women and girls, including women human
rights defenders, indigenous women and girls,
and migrants.
Section B targets the broader enabling environment. It includes provisions to ensure that
global trade, financial and investment agreements, as well as macro-economic policies
promote gender equality. Actions call for integration of a gender perspective in response to
climate change and for women’s participation
in all aspects of peacebuilding. Actions in
support of women in trade, rural women in
agriculture, and in regard to the role of the
media are also included in this section.
Two concluding paragraphs make essential
linkages to the future. The Commission
(paragraph 43) urges States to build on the
lessons from the implementation of the
Millennium Development Goals as the new
post-2015 development agenda is being
shaped. It calls for critical remaining challenges to be tackled through a transformative and comprehensive approach and for
a stand-alone goal on gender equality, the
empowerment of women and human rights
of women and girls and integration of gender equality targets and indicators across
the future framework. The Commission
(paragraph 44) also urges all States and all
other stakeholders to undertake comprehensive national and regional level reviews of the progress made and challenges
encountered in the implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,
and to implement commemorative activities
for the twentieth anniversary of the Fourth
World Conference on Women.
Section C calls for increased investments in
gender equality. It includes actions to increase resources for gender equality through
domestic resources and official development
assistance, to fulfill official development
assistance commitments, to institutionalize
gender-responsive budgeting, to cost national
actions plans on gender equality to ensure
their implementation, and to increase funding
for women’s organizations.
Section D includes actions to address data
gaps and to improve gender statistics. It includes actions to collect data on the minimum
set of gender indicators and violence against
women indicators, and to develop and enhance standards in key areas such as women’s
poverty, income distribution within households, unpaid care work, women’s access to,
control and ownership of assets and productive resources, and women’s participation at
all levels of decision-making.
Governments and other stakeholders are now
called upon to implement the actions contained in the agreed conclusions to achieve
gender equality, the empowerment of women
and girls and the full realization of the human
rights of women and girls across the globe.
UN Women stands ready to support all stakeholders in these efforts.
Section E includes actions to ensure women’s
participation and leadership in all fields and
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