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discrimination and violence; and taking all necessary measures to create an enabling
environment for the empowerment of women and to strengthen their economic
independence, while, in this context, reiterating the importance of the role of men
and boys in achieving gender equality;
(p) Strengthening national health and social infrastructures to reinforce
measures to promote women’s access to public health and taking action at the
national level to address shortages of human resources for health by, inter alia,
developing, financing and implementing policies, within national development
strategies, to improve training and management and effectively govern the
recruitment, retention and deployment of health workers, including through
international cooperation in this area;
(q) Adequate mobilization of resources at the national and international
levels, as well as new and additional resources for the developing countries,
including the least developed countries and countries with economies in transition,
from all available funding mechanisms, including multilateral, bilateral and private
sources;
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sector;
Increased partnerships among Governments, civil society and the private
(s) Encouraging joint responsibility of men and boys with women and girls
in the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women, based on the
conviction that this is essential to the achievement of the goals of gender equality
and the empowerment of women, development and peace;
(t) Removing structural and legal barriers, as well as eliminating stereotypic
attitudes, to gender equality at work, promoting equal pay for equal work or work of
equal value and promoting the recognition of the value of women’s unremunerated
work, as well as developing and promoting policies that facilitate the reconciliation
of employment and family responsibilities;
Reaffirms that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to
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prevent violence against women and girls, provide protection to the victims and
investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against women and
girls, and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their
human rights and fundamental freedoms, and calls upon Governments to elaborate
and implement laws and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls;
Welcomes the adoption of Security Council resolution 1820 (2008) on
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19 June 2008;
10. Calls upon Governments, in this regard, to promote awareness and
information campaigns on women’s rights and the responsibility to respect them,
including in rural areas, and to encourage men and boys to speak out strongly
against violence against women;
11. Strongly encourages Governments to continue to support the role and
contribution of civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations and
women’s organizations, in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session;
12. Resolves to intensify the efforts of its Main Committees and subsidiary
bodies to fully mainstream a gender perspective in their work, including by paying
more attention to issues related to the status of women under their consideration and
within their mandates, as well as in all United Nations summits, conferences and
special sessions and in their follow-up processes;
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