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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/104
9 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 95 (f)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/50/617/Add.6)]
50/104.
Women in development
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 40/204 of 17 December 1985, 42/178 of 11
December 1987 and 44/171 of 19 December 1989, as well as all other relevant
Assembly resolutions on the integration of women in development, and the
resolutions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women on the
integration of women in development,
Bearing in mind the outcome of the Fourth World Conference on Women and
other recent major United Nations conferences and summits,
Recognizing the significant contribution that women make to economic
activities and the major force that they represent for change and development
in all sectors of the economy, especially in key areas, such as agriculture,
industry and services,
Reaffirming that women are key contributors to the economy and to
combating poverty through both remunerated and unremunerated work at home, in
the community and in the workplace, and that the empowerment of women is a
critical factor in the eradication of poverty,
Recognizing that the difficult socio-economic conditions that exist in
many developing countries have resulted in the rapid feminization of poverty,
especially in rural areas and in female-headed households,
Aware that the continued discrimination against women, their continued
lack of equal access to education and training, and their lack of control over
land, capital, technology and other areas of production impede their full
contribution to, and opportunity to benefit from, development,
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