and inheritance rights and to promote equal access to information technology and business and economic opportunities, including in international trade, in order to provide women with the tools to enable them to take part fully and equally in economic and political decision-making processes at all levels; programmes, in eliminating gender stereotypes as well as gender inequality, in particular in relation to sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/ AIDS, as well as their full participation in prevention, advocacy, care, treatment, support and impact evaluation programmes; (p) Ensure men’s access to and utilization of reproduc- (v) Identify and fully utilize all contexts in which a tive and sexual health services and programmes, including HIV/AIDS-related programmes and services, and encourage men to participate with women in programmes designed to prevent and treat all forms of HIV/AIDS transmission and other sexually transmitted infections; large number of men can be reached, particularly in male-dominated institutions, industries and associations, in order to sensitize men on their roles and responsibilities in the promotion of gender equality and the full enjoyment of all human rights by women, including in relation to HIV/AIDS and violence against women; (q) Design and implement programmes to encourage and enable men to adopt safe and responsible sexual and reproductive behaviour and to use effectively methods to prevent unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS; (w) Develop and use statistics to support and/or carry out research, inter alia, on the cultural, social and economic conditions, that influence the attitudes and behaviours of men and boys towards women and girls, their awareness of gender inequalities and their involvement in promoting gender equality; (r) Encourage and support men and boys to take an active part in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence, especially gender-based violence, including in the context of HIV/AIDS, and increase awareness of men’s and boys’ responsibility in ending the cycle of violence, inter alia, through the promotion of attitudinal and behavioural change, integrated education and training prioritizing the safety of women and children, the prosecution and rehabilitation of perpetrators of violence and support for survivors, recognizing that men and boys also experience violence; (x) Carry out research on the views of men and boys on gender equality and their perceptions of their roles through which further programmes and policies can be developed, identify and widely disseminate good practices, and assess the impact of efforts undertaken to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality; (y) Promote and encourage the representation of men in institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women; (s) Encourage increased understanding among men of how violence, including trafficking for the purposes of commercialized sexual exploitation, forced marriage and forced labour, harms women, men and children and undermines gender equality, and consider measures aimed at eliminating the demand for trafficked women and children; (z) Encourage men and boys to support the equal participation of women in conflict prevention, management and conflict resolution and in post-conflict peace-building. 7.  (t) Encourage and support both women and men in  he Commission urges all entities within T the United Nations system to take into account the recommendations contained in the present agreed conclusions and to disseminate the agreed conclusions widely. ■ leadership positions, including political leaders, traditional leaders, business leaders, community and religious leaders, musicians, artists and athletes to provide positive role models of gender equality; (u) Encourage men in leadership positions to ensure equal access for women to education, property rights Source: United Nations document E/2004/27 3