analysis as the basis for all policy and programme
development, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation, in particular in the areas of health,
education and employment;
was a serious obstacle to the achievement of the
objectives of equality, development and peace and
had a negative impact on the social and economic
development of communities and States;
(f) Continue efforts towards full and effective imple-
(m) Develop and promote strategies to mainstream a
mentation of General Assembly resolution 57/337
of 3 July 2003 on prevention of armed conflict, and
its agreed conclusions on women’s equal participation in conflict prevention, management and
resolution and in post-conflict peacebuilding;
gender perspective into the design and implementation of development and socio-economic policies
and budgetary processes, and share best practices
and encourage innovations in gender mainstreaming approaches;
(g) Continue efforts towards the full and effective
(n) Mobilize adequate funding for gender-sensitive
implementation of Security Council resolution 1325
(2000) of 31 October 2000 on women and peace
and security, recognizing the linkages between
gender equality, peace, security and development;
development policies and programmes and for
national mechanisms for gender equality, through
national, regional and international resource mobilization and gender-responsive budget processes in
all sector areas, and allocate adequate funding for
women-specific measures;
(h) Take the necessary measures to ensure that women
were accorded full and equal rights to own land and
other property, including through inheritance;
(o) Support women’s organizations that strive to
empower women and girls and improve their living
conditions;
(i) Take all appropriate measures to enable women to
participate fully in decision-making at all levels in all
aspects of their daily lives;
(p) Encourage enhanced coordination and collabora-
tion between all mechanisms for the advancement
of women and gender equality at all levels, such as
women’s ministries, gender equality commissions,
relevant parliamentary committees, ombudspersons, gender focal points and working groups in line
ministries, as well as with women’s groups, associations and networks;
(j) Incorporate gender perspectives in all policies and
programmes on international migration, promote
the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by women migrants, combat discrimination, exploitation, ill-treatment, unsafe working
conditions and violence, including sexual violence
and trafficking, and facilitate family reunification
in an expeditious and effective manner, with due
regard to applicable laws, as such reunification had
a positive effect on the integration of migrants;
(q) Take effective measures to eliminate discrimina-
tion, gender stereotypes and harmful traditional,
cultural and customary practices;
(k) Eliminate all forms of discrimination, sexual
(r) Develop and implement strategies to increase the
exploitation and violence against female refugees,
asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons
and promote their active involvement in decisions affecting their lives and communities, while
recalling the relevant norms of international human
rights law, international humanitarian law and
international refugee law;
involvement of men and boys in promoting gender
equality and empowerment of women and girls
through, inter alia, the elimination of all forms of
violence against women and girls, the sharing of
household work and family care, and the promotion
of a culture of peace and tolerance, and encourage
men and women to foster responsible sexual and
reproductive behaviour and attitudinal changes to
promote the realization of gender equality;
(l) Increase understanding of and capacity to imple-
ment gender mainstreaming as a strategy for
achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment, including by requiring the use of gender
(s) Increase women’s and girls’ equal and effec-
tive access to and use of information and
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