E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 Recalling the importance that recovery measures should take into account the negative impact of the financial and economic crisis on women and men and integrate gender equality concerns in all response measures, Bearing in mind that in the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development, 45 Heads of State and Government and high representatives recalled, inter alia, that gender equality and empowerment of women are essential for economic growth, poverty reduction, environmental sustainability and development effectiveness and reiterated the need for gender mainstreaming into the formulation and implementation of development policies, including financing for development policies, and for dedicated resources, Recalling the Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156) of the International Labour Organization, Bearing in mind that despite the increase of women’s access to economic opportunities, hundreds of millions of women are dependent on subsistence and smallholder agriculture and employment in the informal sector, where they are more likely to have low-paid jobs, with limited or no social protection and deficient protection of their labour rights, Recognizing that the full integration of women into the formal economy, in particular into economic decision-making, means changing the current gender-based division of labour into new economic structures where women and men enjoy equal treatment, pay and power, including sharing of paid and unpaid work, Remaining concerned about the lingering negative consequences, including for women’s economic empowerment, of some structural adjustment programmes, stemming from inappropriate design and application, Recognizing the crucial role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating poverty, inter alia, adding value to local agricultural produce, Underlining the importance of strengthening domestic financial sectors as a source of capital by making them inclusive to women living in poverty, in particular women living in poverty and women living in rural and/or remote areas, thus expanding their access to financial services, Reiterating that access to microfinance and microcredit and to formal finance services can contribute to the achievement of the goals and targets of major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,39 in particular the goals relating to poverty eradication, gender equality and the empowerment of women, Reaffirming that microfinance, in particular microcredit programmes, has succeeded in generating productive self-employment and has proved to be an effective tool in overcoming poverty, and bearing in mind that microfinance, including microcredit, savings and other financial instruments, have especially benefited women and have contributed in the achievement of their economic empowerment, __________________ 45 10-30576 General Assembly resolution 63/239, annex. 19