(e)
Ensure that structural adjustment programmes are designed to minimize
their negative effects on vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and
communities and to assure their positive effects on such groups and
communities by preventing their marginalization in economic and social
activities and devising measures to ensure that they gain access to
and control over economic resources and economic and social
activities; take actions to reduce inequality and economic disparity;
(f)
Review the impact of structural adjustment programmes on social
development by means of gender-sensitive social impact assessments and
other relevant methods, in order to develop policies to reduce their
negative effects and improve their positive impact, ensuring that
women do not bear a disproportionate burden of transition costs;
complement adjustment lending with enhanced, targeted social
development lending;
(g)
Create an enabling environment that allows women to build and maintain
sustainable livelihoods.
60. By national and international non-governmental organizations and women’s
groups:
(a)
Mobilize all parties involved in the development process, including
academic institutions, non-governmental organizations and grass-roots
and women’s groups, to improve the effectiveness of anti-poverty
programmes directed towards the poorest and most disadvantaged groups
of women, such as rural and indigenous women, female heads of
household, young women and older women, refugees and migrant women and
women with disabilities, recognizing that social development is
primarily the responsibility of Governments;
(b)
Engage in lobbying and establish monitoring mechanisms, as
appropriate, and other relevant activities to ensure implementation of
the recommendations on poverty eradication outlined in the Platform
for Action and aimed at ensuring accountability and transparency from
the State and private sectors;
(c)
Include in their activities women with diverse needs and recognize
that youth organizations are increasingly becoming effective partners
in development programmes;
(d)
In cooperation with the government and private sectors, participate in
the development of a comprehensive national strategy for improving
health, education and social services so that girls and women of all
ages living in poverty have full access to such services; seek funding
to secure access to services with a gender perspective and to extend
those services in order to reach the rural and remote areas that are
not covered by government institutions;
(e)
In cooperation with Governments, employers, other social partners and
relevant parties, contribute to the development of education and
training and retraining policies to ensure that women can acquire a
wide range of skills to meet new demands;
(f)
Mobilize to protect women’s right to full and equal access to economic
resources, including the right to inheritance and to ownership of land
and other property, credit, natural resources and appropriate
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