Women’s economic empowerment
in the changing world of work
summits and conferences, including the International
Conference on Population and Development and its
Programme of Action and the outcome documents of
its reviews.
1. The Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the
outcome documents of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly and the declarations
adopted by the Commission on the occasion of the
tenth, fifteenth and twentieth anniversaries of the
Fourth World Conference on Women.
6. The Commission emphasizes the mutually reinforcing relationship among women’s economic
empowerment in the changing world of work and
the full, effective and accelerated implementation of
the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and
the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development. It acknowledges the important contribution of women and
girls to sustainable development and reiterates that
gender equality and the empowerment of all women
and girls and women’s full and equal participation
and leadership in the economy are vital for achieving
sustainable development, promoting peaceful, just
and inclusive societies, enhancing sustained, inclusive
and sustainable economic growth and productivity,
ending poverty in all its forms everywhere and
ensuring the well-being of all.
2. The Commission reiterates that the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women and the Convention on the Rights
of the Child, and the Optional Protocols thereto,
as well as other relevant conventions and treaties,
such as the International Covenant on Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, provide an
international legal framework and a comprehensive
set of measures for realizing gender equality and
the empowerment of women and girls and the full
and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all women and girls throughout
their life cycle, including women’s economic empowerment in the changing world of work.
7. The Commission reiterates that the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development needs to be implemented
in a comprehensive manner, reflecting its universal,
integrated and indivisible nature, taking into account
different national realities, capacities and levels of
development and respecting each country’s policy
space and leadership while remaining consistent
with relevant international rules and commitments,
including by developing cohesive sustainable development strategies to achieve gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls. The Commission
affirms that Governments have the primary responsibility for the follow-up to and review of the 2030
Agenda at the national, regional and global levels
with regard to progress made.
3. The Commission recognizes the importance of
relevant International Labour Organization standards
related to the realization of women’s right to work
and rights at work that are critical for women’s
economic empowerment, and recalls the decent work
agenda of the International Labour Organization and
the International Labour Organization Declaration on
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
4. The Commission reaffirms that the Beijing Declaration
and Platform for Action and the outcome documents
of its reviews, and the outcomes of relevant major
United Nations conferences and summits and the
follow-up to those conferences and summits, have laid
a solid foundation for sustainable development and
that the full, effective and accelerated implementation
of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action will
make a crucial contribution to the implementation of
the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to
women’s economic empowerment.
8. The Commission acknowledges the important role
played by regional conventions, instruments and
initiatives in their respective regions and countries
in the achievement of gender equality and the
empowerment of all women and girls, including for
women’s economic empowerment and their right to
work and rights at work, and for the promotion of full
and productive employment and decent work.
9. The Commission takes note of the SecretaryGeneral’s High-level Panel on Women’s Economic
Empowerment.
5. The Commission reaffirms the commitments to
gender equality and the empowerment of all
women and girls made at relevant United Nations
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