E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 rights and their lack of access to legal aid, education, training, information, support services, credit facilities, salaries, and control over land, capital, technology and other areas of production, “Considering that inequality and discrimination in access to resources have implications for the well-being of women, their families and communities, as well as for economic growth and development, “Stressing the importance of developing effective measures to ensure the application of the principle of equal remuneration for men and women workers for equal work or work of equal value, promote equality of opportunity and treatment among men and women in respect of employment and occupation, enable persons with family responsibilities who are engaged or wish to engage in employment to exercise their right to do so, and eliminate discrimination against women in these regards, “Bearing in mind that women’s economic empowerment has an impact on the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and contributes in the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, “1. Calls upon States to incorporate gender perspectives into social and economic policies, including development and poverty reduction strategies and related actions, and to address the extent to which policies, programmes and activities effectively address the needs, priorities and contributions of women and men, with a view to ensuring that the formulation and implementation of relevant strategies contribute to women’s economic empowerment; “2. Urges States to develop and implement specific policies and programmes to promote women’s economic empowerment, including through enhancing their access to full and productive employment and decent work for all, and supporting women’s entrepreneur capacities and initiatives, with the aim of ensuring sustainable and adequate income generation; “3. Calls upon States to give priority to identifying and addressing women’s unequal access to economic and financial resources, including employment, social security and productive resources such as land, property and natural resources, and to consider the adoption of legislation and the implementation of more effective national policies in this regard; “4. Calls upon Governments, the private sector, non-governmental organizations and other relevant actors of civil society to take the following actions: “(a) Continue to develop and strengthen policies, strategies and programmes to enhance the employability of women, ensure their access to full and productive employment and decent work, including through improving access to formal, non-formal and vocational training, lifelong learning and retraining, long-distance education, including in information and communications technology and entrepreneurial skills, particularly in developing countries, and to support women’s economic empowerment in the different stages of their lives; 10-30576 73