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Women in development
including through the engagement of men and boys, and that the systematic
mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 16 is crucial;
4.
Also reaffirms the commitment to promoting social inclusion in domestic
policies and to promoting and enforcing non-discriminatory laws, social
infrastructure and policies for sustainable development, as well as to enabling
women’s full, equal and effective participation in the economy and their equal access
to decision-making processes and leadership;
5.
Emphasizes the need to link policies on economic, social and
environmental development to ensure that all people, in particular women and
children living in poverty and in vulnerable situations, benefit from inclusive
economic growth and development, in accordance with the goals of the Monterrey
Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, 17 the Doha
Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow -up
International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the
Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus 18 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of
the Third International Conference on Financing for Development; 19
6.
Reaffirms that achieving gender equality, empowering all women and girls
and the full realization of their human rights are essential to achieving sustained,
inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development, reiterates the
need for gender mainstreaming, including targeted actions and investments in the
formulation and implementation of all financial, economic, environmental and social
policies, and further reaffirms the commitment to adopting and strengthening sound
policies and enforceable legislation and transformative actions for the promotion of
gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls at all levels to ensure
women’s equal rights, access and opportunities for participation and leadership in the
economy and to eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination in all its forms;
7.
Stresses the importance of the creation by Governments, international
organizations, including the United Nations, the private sector, non -governmental
organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders o f a favourable and conducive
national and international environment in all areas of life for the effective integration
of women and girls in development, and of their undertaking and disseminating a
gender analysis of legislation, policies and programmes related to macroeconomic
stability, structural reform, taxation, investments, including foreign direct investment,
and all relevant sectors of the economy;
8.
Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and other
international and regional organizations, within their respective mandates, and all
sectors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, as well as all
women and men, to fulfil their respective commitments to intensify their contributions
to the implementation and follow-up of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action, 4 the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly 5
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Resolution 70/1.
Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico,
18−22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolut ion 1,
annex.
Resolution 63/239, annex.
Resolution 69/313, annex.
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