E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 champion a stronger role and voice for women in global governance and policymaking. Such an entity should have a strong operational capacity at the country level, significant resources and be headed by a leader with political stature. It should strengthen accountability in the United Nations for gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment, and significantly enhance the Organization’s ability to support countries in implementing gender equality commitments. 23. Participants recommended a range of actions to implement fully the Beijing Platform for Action and achieve the Millennium Development Goals, including the following: (a) Prioritize gender equality and empowerment of women in national policies, strategies, programmes and actions, based on the Platform for Action, for the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals; (b) Strengthen partnerships among different stakeholders to ensure better links among existing policies, plans and strategies for the implementation of the Platform for Action and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; (c) Review, amend and abolish all laws, regulations, policies, practices and customs that discriminate against women, in accordance with international human rights instruments, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Labour Organization Conventions; (d) Strengthen the capacity of national mechanisms for gender equality to participate effectively in the planning, development, implementation and evaluation of all policies, programmes and strategies, as well as in the collection and analysis of data; (e) Integrate in future national censuses and household surveys questions that would provide for better data disaggregated by sex, age and other variables; (f) Put in place comprehensive legal and policy frameworks to prevent and eliminate all forms of violence against women; (g) Ensure that economic stimulus packages, including public job creation programmes, investments for technological upgrading and green energy, are gender-sensitive and create jobs for women; (h) Expand social protection measures and eliminate inequalities between women and men in access to coverage and explore opportunities for establishing a global social protection floor; (i) Carry out gender-sensitive analysis of revenues and expenditures in all policy areas and take into account the review and evaluation results in budget planning, allocation and revenue-raising; (j) Strengthen the focus and impact of development assistance, specifically targeting gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. 42 10-30576