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(x) Recognize the family as a contributor to development, including in
the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals for women
and girls, that gender equality and women’s empowerment improve the wellbeing of the family, and in this regard stress the need for elaborating and
implementing family policies aimed at achieving gender equality and women ’s
empowerment and at enhancing the full participation of women in society;
Fostering enabling environments for financing gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls
(y) Promote gender equality and the empowerment of women by
reaffirming the commitments made in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the
Third International Conference on Financing for Development, 11 pursuing
policy coherence and an enabling environment for sustainable development at
all levels and by all actors and reinvigorating the global partnership for
sustainable development;
(z) Reiterate the need for gender mainstreaming, including targeted
actions and investments in the formulation and implementation of all financial,
economic, environmental and social policies, and adopt and strengthen sound
policies and enforceable legislation and transformative actions for the
promotion of gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment at all
levels;
(aa) Support and institutionalize a gender-responsive approach to public
financial management, including gender-responsive budgeting and tracking
across all sectors of public expenditure, to address gaps i n resourcing for
gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, and ensure that all
national and sectoral plans and policies for gender equality and the
empowerment of women and girls are fully costed and adequately resourced to
ensure their effective implementation;
(bb) Take steps to significantly increase investment to close resource
gaps, including through the mobilization of financial resources from all
sources, including public, private, domestic and international resource
mobilization and allocation, including by enhancing revenue administration
through modernized, progressive tax systems, improved tax policy, more
efficient tax collection and increased priority on gender equality and the
empowerment of women in official development assistance to build on
progress achieved, and ensure that official development assistance is used
effectively;
(cc) Urge developed countries to fully implement their respective
official development assistance commitments, including the commitment made
by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of their gross
national income for official development assistance to developing countries
and the target of 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of their gross national income for
official development assistance to least developed countries, and encourage
developing countries to build on the progress achieved in ensuring that official
development assistance is used effectively to help meet development goals and
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