(zz) Allocate adequate financial resources at the inter-
of HIV/AIDS, and identify the obstacles and stereotypes men may face in assuming increased caregiving responsibilities;
national level for the implementation of the Beijing
Platform for Action, the Cairo Plan of Action, the
outcome documents of the twenty-third special
session of the General Assembly, the Declaration
of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political
Declaration on HIV/AIDS, in developing countries,
especially through the strengthening of their
national capacities;
(vv) Strengthen the capacity of national statistical
offices and, when necessary, measurement systems, to effectively collect comprehensive information on all categories of activities, including through
time-use surveys, to inform policy development
that facilitates the sharing of unpaid work between
(aaa)
Strengthen international cooperation in order to
women and men;
assist in the development of human resources for
(ww)
health, through technical assistance and training,
Enhance the collection and dissemination of statistics
as well as to increase universal access to health
on the relative participation of women and men in
services, including in remote and rural areas, taking
leadership roles in public office and in strategic ecointo account the challenges facing developing counnomic, social and political decision-making positions,
tries in the retention of skilled health personnel;
in order to promote the equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men in these spheres;
(bbb)
Urge developed countries that have not yet done
so, in accordance with their commitments, to make
(xx) Adopt appropriate measures to overcome negative
concrete efforts towards meeting the target of 0.7
impacts of the economic and financial crisis, includper cent of their gross national product for official
ing on women and girls, and integrate a gender perdevelopment assistance to developing countries
spective into these measures so that they equally
and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of their gross national
benefit women and men, while seeking to maintain
product to least developed countries, and encourwhenever possible adequate levels of funding for
age developing countries to build on the progress
gender equality and the empowerment of women;
achieved in ensuring that official development
assistance is used effectively to help meet devel ( yy) Take all appropriate measures to integrate women,
opment goals and targets and, inter alia, to assist
on an equal basis with men, in decision-making
them in achieving gender equality and the empowregarding sustainable resource management and
erment of women. ■
the development of policies and programmes for
sustainable development, including to address
the disproportionate impact of climate change
on women, including their displacement from
income-generating activities, which greatly adds
to unremunerated work, such as caregiving, and
negatively impacts on their health, well-being and
quality of life, particularly those whose livelihoods
and daily subsistence depend directly on sustainable ecosystems;
Source: United Nations document E/2009/27
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