Women in development
A/RES/74/235
39. Encourages all Governments to work towards full and equal access to
formal financial services and financial products for all women, to adopt or revie w
their financial inclusion strategies, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, and to
consider including financial inclusion as a policy objective in financial regulation, in
accordance with national priorities and legislation, encourages commercial b anking
systems to serve all, including those who currently face barriers to accessing financial
services and information, and to support microfinance institutions, development
banks, agricultural banks, mobile network operators, agent networks, cooperative s,
postal banks and savings banks, as appropriate, also encourages the use of innovative
tools, including mobile banking, payment platforms and digitalized payments, and the
expansion of peer learning and experience-sharing among countries, regions and
regional organizations, commits itself to strengthening capacity development for
developing countries, including through the United Nations development system, and
encourages mutual cooperation and collaboration between financial inclusion
initiatives;
40. Urges Governments and all relevant stakeholders to take all appropriate
measures to eliminate discrimination against women with regard to their access to all
types of financial services and products, including bank loans, bank accounts,
mortgages and other forms of financial credit, regardless of their economic and social
status, to support women’s access to legal assistance and to encourage entities in the
financial sector to mainstream gender perspectives in their policies and programmes;
41. Recognizes the role of microfinance, including microcredit, in the
eradication of poverty, the empowerment of women and the generation of
employment, notes in this regard the importance of sound national financial systems,
and encourages the strengthening of existing and emerging microcredit institutions
and their capacities, including through the support of international financial
institutions;
42. Urges Governments to ensure that microfinance programmes focus on the
development of savings products that are safe, convenient and accessible to women
and that support women’s efforts to retain control over their savings;
43. Recognizes that women and girls account for almost half of all
international migrants at the global level and the need to address the special situat ion
and vulnerability of migrant women and girls by, inter alia, incorporating a gender
perspective into policies and strengthening national laws, institutions and
programmes to prevent and combat gender-based violence, trafficking in persons and
discrimination against women and girls, and calls upon Governments to strengthen
efforts to protect the rights of, and ensure decent work conditions for, domestic
workers, including migrant women and girls, in relation to, inter alia, working hours,
working conditions and wages, and to promote access to health-care services and
other social and economic benefits;
44. Also recognizes that the positive contributions of migrant women and girls,
in particular women migrant workers, have the potential to foster inclusiv e growth
and sustainable development in countries of origin, transit and destination, further
underlines the value and dignity of migrant women’s labour in all sectors, including
the labour of domestic and care workers, and concerned that many migrant wome n,
particularly those who are engaged in informal employment, are especially vulnerable
to abuse and exploitation;
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