Concerning reconstruction and rehabilitation:
of decision-making and implementation in development activities and peace processes, including
conflict prevention and resolution, post-conflict
reconstruction, peace-making, peacekeeping and
peace-building and, in this regard, support the
involvement of women’s organizations, community-based organizations and non-governmental
organizations;
(a) To ensure the full participation of women on equal
bases in the reconstruction and rehabilitation process;
(b) To ensure the equal access of women to social ser-
vices, in particular health and education and, in this
regard, to promote the provision of adequate health
care and health services and assistance for women
and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations and
counselling for post-conflict trauma;
(g) Develop and strengthen the provision of gender
advisory capacity and gender sensitive training programmes for all staff in missions related to armed
conflicts.
(c) To facilitate equal employment opportunities for
women to achieve their economic empowerment.
In this regard, the Commission takes note of the
report of the Secretary-General.
15. The realization and the achievement of the goals of
gender equality, development and peace need to
be supported by the allocation of necessary human,
financial and material resources for specific and targeted activities to ensure gender equality at the local,
national, regional and international levels as well as by
enhanced and increased international cooperation.
14. In regard to post-conflict peace-building, the
Commission on the Status of Women calls on
Governments, as well as all other relevant participants in these processes,
Concerning elections:
(a) To ensure equal access of women in all stages of
the electoral process including to consider the
adoption of measures for increasing women’s participation in elections through, inter alia, individual voter registration, temporary gender-specific
positive actions and access to information, representation in bodies administering elections and as
election monitors and observers, as well as encouraging political parties to involve women fully and
equally in all aspects of their operations;
16.
The Commission on the Status of Women
requests the Secretary-General to disseminate the present agreed conclusions
widely, including to the high-level panel
on global security threats and reform of
the international system. ■
Source: United Nations document E/2004/27
(b) To ensure equal access for women to voter and civic
education, provide women candidates with full
support, training and financial resources and eliminate discriminatory practices hampering women’s
participation either as voters or candidates.
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