E/CN.6/2024/L.3 and promote pro-poor, economic and social policy actions that fully respect the human rights of all women and girls; (u) Accelerate efforts and provide adequate resources to promote the full, equal and meaningful participation of women in all decision-making bodies at all levels of government, including by eliminating gender stereotyping in appointments and promotions, building women’s capacity as agents of change and empowering them to participate actively and equally in the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of national sustainable development, poverty eradication and other relevant policies, strategies and programmes; (v) Promote the full, equal and meaningful participation and leadership of young women and, as appropriate, adolescent girls in decision -making processes in the context of addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and gender responsive financing, including by addressing the gender-specific barriers, such as all forms of violence, including sexual and gender-based violence, child, early and forced marriage and adolescent pregnancy, as well as the unequal distribution of unpaid care work, that cause adolescent girls to fare worse than adolescent boys at higher poverty thresholds, in order to promote sustainable growth and full and productive employment and decent work for all young women; (w) Promote labour and employment policies that respect relevant international labour standards and ensure women’s economic autonomy, independence and empowerment, including by enhancing their full and productive employment, promoting an adequate minimum wage, statutory or negotiated, and equal pay for work of equal value, supporting the transition from informal to formal work in all sectors by promoting occupational safety and health protection to workers, including in the informal economy, and facilitating the recruitment, promotion and retention of women in all sectors, including sustainable energy, fisheries, forestry, agriculture and tourism, including through temporary special measures, policies on care work, in addition to universal social protection policies and quality and affordable childcare and parental and other leave, care services for older persons and persons with disabilities, and the promotion of work-life and work-family balance, and the right to organize and bargain collectively, as a means to eradicate the persistent and increasing burden of poverty on women; (x) Protect and promote the right of all women to work and their rights at work and equal treatment in the workplace, including equal access to decent work, equal pay for work of equal value and productive and financial resources, by, inter alia, eliminating occupational segregation, negative social norms and gender stereotypes, violence and sexual harassment, discriminatory practices in career advancement, addressing structural barriers and protecting women against abuse and discrimination, including during pregnancy and maternity, in order to advance gender equality; (y) Implement gender-responsive policies and programmes to support financial inclusion as well as to ensure equal access to credit, social security, markets, financial skills, technology, rural infrastructure and finance networks to support women entrepreneurs, women-led and women-owned businesses, as well as womenowned nano-, micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises, and women in the informal economy by promoting women’s financial literacy and ensuring equal access to credit and inclusive finance and providing equal access to technologies that are safe, affordable and accessible, identifying and addressing barriers facing women in entrepreneurship, providing targeted support, capacity-building and business and leadership training to women and promoting role models of women in business; (z) Mainstream a gender perspective into agricultural policies and projects and focus on closing the gender gap in, inter alia, investments and innovation in smallscale agricultural production and distribution, sustainable fisheries, and value chains 16/27 24-05678