Managing technological and
digital change for women’s
economic empowerment
enterprises, as well as work in the agricultural
sector and own-account and part-time work,
by extending social protection and wages that
allow for an adequate standard of living, and
take measures to address unsafe and unhealthy
working conditions that can characterize work in
the informal economy by promoting occupational
safety and health protection to workers in the
informal economy;
(rr) Support women’s access, throughout their life
cycle, to skills development and decent work in new
and emerging fields, by expanding the scope of
education and training opportunities in, inter alia,
science, technology, engineering and mathematics,
information and communications technology and
digital fluency, and enhance women’s and, as appropriate, girls’ participation as users, content creators,
employees, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders;
(oo) Adopt national gender-responsive migration policies and legislation, in line with relevant obligations
under international law, to promote the economic
empowerment of women migrant workers in all
sectors and protect their human rights, regardless
of migration status; recognize the skills and education of women migrant workers and, as appropriate,
facilitate their productive employment, decent work
and integration into the labour force, including in
the fields of education and science and technology;
(ss) Strengthen science and technology education
policies and curricula, so that they are relevant to the
needs of and benefit women and girls, encourage
investment and research in sustainable technology,
particularly to strengthen the capacities of developing
countries, so as to enable women to leverage science
and technology for entrepreneurship and economic
empowerment in the changing world of work;
(pp) Recognize the significant contribution and leadership of women in migrant communities and take
appropriate steps to ensure their full, equal and
meaningful participation in the development of
local solutions and opportunities, and also recognize
the importance of protecting labour rights and a
safe environment for migrant workers and those in
precarious employment, protecting women migrant
workers in all sectors and promoting labour mobility,
including circular migration, in line with the New
York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants;
Strengthening women’s
collective voice, leadership and
decision-making
(tt) Take measures to ensure women’s full, equal and
effective participation and access to leadership and
high level positions, including through temporary
special measures, as appropriate, in economic decision-making structures and institutions at all levels,
as well as in enterprises, corporate boards and trade
unions;
(qq) Devise, strengthen and implement comprehensive
anti-trafficking strategies that integrate a human
rights and sustainable development perspective,
and enforce, as appropriate, legal frameworks, in
a gender- and age-sensitive manner, to combat
and eliminate all forms of trafficking in persons,
raise public awareness of the issue of trafficking
in persons, in particular women and girls, take
measures to reduce the vulnerability of women
and girls to modern slavery and sexual exploitation,
and enhance international cooperation, inter alia,
to counter, with a view to eliminating, the demand
that fosters all forms of exploitation, including
sexual exploitation and forced labour;
(uu) Ensure that women in armed conflict and post-conflict situations, women affected by natural disasters
and other humanitarian emergencies and internally
displaced women are empowered to effectively
and meaningfully participate in leadership and
decision-making processes and that the human
rights of all women and girls are fully respected and
protected in response and recovery strategies;
(vv) Recognize that the empowerment of and
investment in women and girls, which is critical
for economic growth and the achievement of all
Sustainable Development Goals, including the
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