"(a) Development and implementation of education, training and retraining policies for women and girls; "(b) Promotion and protection of women’s rights to full and equal access to economic resources, including the right to inheritance and to ownership of land and other property, credit, natural resources and appropriate technologies; "(c) Promotion of the participation of women at all levels of decision-making; "(d) Mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the design of policies and programmes for the eradication of poverty; "(e) Development of national strategies for promoting employment and self-employment, including entrepreneurial and organizational skills in order to generate income for women; "(f) Adoption of policies to ensure that all women have adequate economic and social protection during unemployment, ill health, maternity, child-bearing, widowhood, disability and old age; "(g) Development of gender-based methodologies and conducting of research to address the contribution of women to the economy, the feminization of poverty and the economic and social impact of debt and structural adjustment programmes in all developing countries, in particular African countries and the least developed countries; "(h) Reduction, as appropriate, of excessive military expenditures and investments for arms production and acquisition, consistent with national security requirements, in order to increase resources for social and economic development; "5. Calls for the urgent implementation of the outcome of all other major United Nations conferences and summits related to the eradication of poverty; "6. Calls upon States to undertake commitments 2 and 5 of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development, and calls upon all relevant international actors to implement promptly the actions for the eradication of poverty, as contained in the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development; "7. Stresses that the United Nations system, including the Bretton Woods institutions, should play a central role in enhancing financial and technical support and assistance for developing countries, particularly African countries and the least developed countries, in their efforts to achieve the objectives set forth in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, particularly the goal of the eradication of the feminization of poverty; "8. Stresses the importance of using all available funding sources and mechanisms, with a view to contributing towards the goal of poverty eradication and targeting women living in poverty; "9. Invites all countries, the United Nations system, including the Bretton Woods institutions, other relevant international organizations, -64-

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