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reservations that are contrary to the object and purpose of the relevant
Convention and implement the Conventions fully by, inter alia, putting in
place effective national legislation and policies;
(b) Accelerate the full and effective implementation of the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action, the Programme of Action of the
International Conference on Population and Development and the outcomes of
their review conferences as a foundation for sustainable development, gender
equality and the empowerment of all women and girls, and compliance of
States Parties with 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, as well as other relevant conventions and
treaties;
(c) Implement all goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development in a comprehensive manner, reflecting its universal, integ rated
and indivisible nature while respecting each country’s policy space and
leadership while remaining consistent with relevant international rules and
commitments, including by developing cohesive sustainable development
strategies to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls
and by mainstreaming a gender perspective in all government policies and
programs at all levels;
(d) Eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls
through the development, where needed, adoption and accelerated and
effective implementation and monitoring of laws and comprehensive policy
measures, the removal, where they exist, of discriminatory provisions in legal
frameworks, including punitive provisions, and setting up legal, policy,
administrative and other comprehensive measures, including temporary special
measures as appropriate, to ensure women’s and girls’ equal and effective
access to justice and accountability for violations of the human rights of
women and girls;
(e) Enact legislation and undertake reforms to realize the equal rights
of women and men, and where applicable girls and boys, to access economic
and productive resources, including access to, ownership of, and control over
land, property and inheritance rights, natural resources, appropriate new
technology and financial services, including microfinance, and equal
opportunities for women for full and productive employment and decent work;
(f) Promote women’s economic rights and independence, women’s
right to work and rights at work through gender -responsive policies and
programmes that promote decent work for all, ensure equal pay for equal work
or work of equal value, protect women against discrimination and abuse in the
workplace, invest in and empower women in all sectors in the economy by
supporting women-led businesses, including by tailoring a range of approaches
and instruments which facilitate access to universal public services, finance,
training, technology, markets, sustainable and affordable energy and transport
and trade;
(g) Undertake all appropriate measures to recognize, reduce and
redistribute unpaid care work by prioritizing social protection policies,
including accessible and affordable quality social services, and care services
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