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and recalls that the systematic mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the
implementation of the 2030 Agenda is crucial.
20. The Commission notes that the 2030 Agenda is of unprecedented scope
and significance. It is accepted by all countries, is applicable to all and will be
implemented within countries and at the regional and global levels, taking into
account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and
respecting national policy space for sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, in particular for developing States, while remaining
consistent with relevant international rules and commitments. 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.
21. The Commission welcomes the major contributions made by civil
society, including women’s and community-based organizations, feminist
groups, women human rights defenders and girls’ and youth-led organizations,
in placing the interests, needs and visions of women and girls on local,
national, regional and international agendas, including the 2030 Agenda, and
recognizes the importance of having an open, inclusive and transparent
engagement with them in the gender-responsive implementation of the 2030
Agenda.
22. The Commission recognizes the importance of fully engaging men and
boys as agents and beneficiaries of change in the achievement of gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and as allies in the
elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women and
girls, as well as in the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and in the gender -responsive
implementation of the 2030 Agenda.
23. The Commission, in order to continue working towards the full, effective
and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action, which will make a crucial contribution to the implementation of the
2030 Agenda, urges Governments, at all levels and as appropriate, with the
relevant entities of the United Nations system and international and regional
organizations, within their respective mandates and bearing in mind national
priorities, and invites national human rights institutions where they exist, civil
society, including non-governmental organizations, inter alia, women’s and
community-based organizations, feminist groups, youth-led organizations,
faith-based organizations, the private sector, employer organizations, trade
unions, the media and other relevant actors, as applicable, to take the
following actions:
Strengthening normative, legal and policy frameworks
(a) Consider ratifying or acceding to, as a matter of particular priority,
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, limit the extent of any reservations, formulate any such
reservations as precisely and as narrowly as possible to ensure that no
reservations are incompatible with the object and purpose of the C onventions,
review their reservations regularly with a view to withdrawing them, withdraw
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