A/HRC/53/39 61. It is imperative to analyse the ways in which overlapping inequalities drive and amplify ecological, social, political and economic crises and to ensure that povertyeradication policies are directed towards the transformation of unequal power relations through the negotiation of a new human rights-based feminist eco-social consensus. Given the rapidly approaching deadline for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and noting the slow rate of progress on Sustainable Development Goals 1, 5 and 10, it is essential to reiterate the centrality of women’s and girls’ human rights and gender equality to processes of poverty eradication and to combating inequalities both within and between nations. B. Recommendations 62. States should take p ositive measures for the realization of the full range of internationally recognized human rights of women and girls, to eliminate poverty and achieve substantive equality, inter alia by: (a) Grounding all laws and policies, especially in the economic and social arenas, in the core human rights principles of equality and non-discrimination, the meaningful participation of women and girls, accountability and the progressive realization and non-retrogression of economic, social and cultural rights, in line with applicable human rights norms and standards for each specific right; (b) Guaranteeing universal, accessible, adequate, available, genderresponsive and comprehensive social protection, adhering to and applying relevant ILO conventions, and ensuring that gender-responsive social protection is granted throughout the life cycle of women and girls as part of the right to an adequate standard of living, regardless of marital status, employment or participation in the “formal” labour market; (c) Ensuring equal rights to land, housing and property, realizing the rights to food and nutrition, water and sanitation, health, free or affordable quality and accessible education, childcare, health care and elder care, and decent work and rights at work, including freedom of association and collective bargaining, as well as women’s and girls’ right to participate in all areas of political, social, cultural and economic life; (d) Taking steps to prevent and respond to intersectional discrimination against women and girls who are beneficiaries of social protection; (e) Recognizing and developing comprehensive and gender-responsive regulatory frameworks, policies and programmes to realize the right to care, which encompasses the right to provide and to receive care and to exercise self-care and collective care, based on the principles of State, social and gender-shared responsibility, equality, universality and autonomy; (f) Realizing women’s and girls’ rights to bodily autonomy and freedom from violence, ensuring the availability, affordability and accessibility of sexual and reproductive health rights, information, and services and goods, including to address menstrual poverty, as well as all necessary measures to prevent and respond to genderbased discrimination and violence, through adequately funded public services, welfare systems, and the implementation of economic rights; (g) Carrying out gender-responsive resource redistribution through the recognition of the value of the care economy, fair fiscal policies (including proportional and progressive taxation for high-income earners and corporations), equitable trade and investment policies, debt cancellation or debt relief in case of State insolvency, and corporate accountability; (h) Ensuring the realization of cross-cutting rights, such as access to justice, including for violations of socioeconomic rights, the right to development and the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; 18 GE.23-06173

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