E/2016/27 E/CN.6/2016/22 follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda in line with the relevant provisions of the Agenda; (kk) Increase resources and support for grass-roots, local, national, regional and global women’s and civil society organizations to advance and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and the human rights of women and girls; Strengthening gender-responsive data collection, follow-up and review processes (ll) Include a gender-responsive approach in the national follow-up to and review of the 2030 Agenda, taking into account, where applicable, the agreed global indicator framework, 12 and strengthen national statistical capacity, including by enhancing technical and financial assistance to developing countries, to systematically design, collect and ensure access to high-quality, reliable and timely data disaggregated by sex, age and income and other characteristics relevant in national contexts; (mm) Develop and enhance standards and methodologies at the national and international levels to improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender statistics on, inter alia, poverty, income distribution within households, unpaid care work, women’s access to, control and ownership of assets and productive resources, participation at all levels of decision -making and violence against women, to measure progress for women and girls with regard to sustainable development in the context of the 2030 Agenda; (nn) Enhance technical and financial collaboration between countries, with the support of United Nations entities, within their mandates, and the participation of civil society organizations as appropriate, with the aim of collecting data and statistics to follow up on and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda from a gender equality perspective. Enhancing national institutional arrangements 24. The Commission calls upon Governments to strengthen the authority and capacity, including through funding where possible, of national mechanisms for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, at all levels, including to support the mainstreaming of a gender perspective across all policies and programmes in all sectors of government in the context of the 2030 Agenda, and promote the visibility of and support for these mechanisms. 25. The Commission also calls upon Governments to enhance coherence and coordination of national mechanisms for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls, with relevant government agencies and other stakeholders, where appropriate, to ensure that national planning, decision-making, policy formulation and implementation, budgeting processes and institutional structures contribute to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. __________________ 12 18/62 See E/CN.3/2016/2/Rev.1. 16-05842

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