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(b)
To limit the extent of any reservations, and to formulate them as precisely
and narrowly as possible to ensure that no reservations are incompatible with the object and
purpose of the Convention;
(c)
To implement the Convention through appropriate legislation, regulation,
policies and programmes;
(d)
To cooperate fully with the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women and other human rights treaty bodies, and to implement its
recommendations, as appropriate;
2.
Takes note of the work undertaken by the Working Group on the issue of
discrimination against women in law and in practice, including its report,2 and calls upon
States to take steps to promote reforms as appropriate and to implement legal frameworks
and policies directed to achieving gender equality and the prevention and elimination of all
forms of discrimination against women and girls, taking into consideration the good
practices identified therein and the recommendations of the Working Group, and also those
made by the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences,
other States in the context of the universal periodic review and other relevant human rights
mechanisms, with a view to ensuring the realization of human rights of all women and
girls;
3.
Calls upon States:
(a)
To repeal all laws that exclusively or disproportionately criminalize the
actions or behaviour of women and girls, and laws and policies that discriminate against
them, based on any grounds, including any custom, tradition or cultural or religious
interpretation contrary to the international obligation to eliminate all forms of
discrimination against women and girls;
(b)
To ensure that their international obligations on gender equality and nondiscrimination are incorporated at all levels of legal frameworks, including in relation to
women’s and girls’ access to justice, redress and effective remedies;
(c)
To consider reviewing all proposed and existing legislation in accordance
with international human rights obligations and a gender-responsive perspective, involving,
when necessary, independent experts, national human rights institutions, women human
rights defenders, women’s and girls’ community-based organizations, feminist groups and
youth-led organizations, and other relevant stakeholders;
(d)
To work towards establishing or strengthening inclusive and genderresponsive social protection systems, including floors, to ensure full access to nationally
appropriate social protection for all without discrimination of any kind, and to take
measures to progressively achieve higher levels of protection, including by facilitating the
transition from informal to formal work;
(e)
To promote legislation, regulation, policies and programmes that facilitate all
women’s economic empowerment, ensure equal pay for equal work or work of equal value
and prohibit all forms of discrimination, including in the workplace and in education, such
as discrimination against women and girls based on pregnancy, maternity, marital status,
age, race or gender, as well as violence and harassment against them, including sexual
harassment and harassment in digital contexts and online spaces;
4.
Urges States:
(a)
To ensure women’s and girls’ equal enjoyment of economic, social, cultural,
civil and political rights through the prohibition of and appropriate action to eliminate all
forms of discrimination by all actors, State and non-State alike;
(b)
To remove barriers, whether political, legal, cultural, economic, institutional
or religious, preventing women’s full, equal and effective participation in all fields and in
leadership at all levels of decision-making in public and private sectors;
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