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upon Governments to mainstream the gender perspective into development at all
levels and in all sectors,
Welcoming also the agreed conclusions on women’s participation in and access
to the media, and information and communication technologies and their impact on
and use as an instrument for the advancement and empowerment of women, adopted
by the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-seventh session, 10
Welcoming further the ministerial declaration of the high-level segment of the
substantive session of 2003 of the Economic and Social Council, adopted on 2 July
2003, 11 which stressed the need for rural development to become an integral part of
national and international development policies and of the activities and
programmes of the United Nations system, and called for an enhanced role for rural
women at all levels of rural development, including decision-making,
Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing
agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural
poverty,
Noting that some effects of globalization may deepen the socio-economic
marginalization of rural women,
Noting also that the globalization process has had some benefits by providing
opportunities for wage employment for rural women in new sectors,
Mindful of the fact that the available data and existing tools of measurement
and analysis are insufficient for a full understanding of the gender implications of
the processes of globalization and rural change, and their impact on rural women,
Recognizing the urgent need to take appropriate measures aimed at further
improving the situation of women in rural areas,
1.
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 12
2.
Requests the Secretary-General and all relevant United Nations bodies to
take into account, while developing future policies, plans and activities, the views
expressed by Member States in their replies concerning the desirability of convening
a high-level policy consultation at the governmental level, with a view to setting
priorities and developing critical strategies that would meet the manifold challenges
faced by rural women;
Invites Member States, in collaboration with the organizations of the
3.
United Nations and civil society, as appropriate, to continue their efforts to
implement the outcome of and to ensure an integrated and coordinated follow-up to
United Nations conferences and summits, including their five-year reviews, and to
attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women in
their national, regional and global development strategies by, inter alia:
(a) Creating an enabling environment for improving the situation of rural
women, including integrating a gender perspective in macroeconomic policies and
developing appropriate social support systems;
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10
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 7 (E/2003/27), chap. I,
sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council resolution 2003/44.
11
See A/58/3 (Part I), chap. III, para. 35. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly,
Fifty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 3.
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A/58/167 and Add.1.
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