E/CN.6/2024/L.3 response planning for emergency situations and evacuations, humanitarian emergency response and health-care services. 37. The Commission emphasizes the importance of the empowerment and capacitybuilding of Indigenous women and girls and of allocating resources that target their well-being, in particular in the areas of poverty eradication, quality and inclusive education, health-care services, information and communications technologies, infrastructure and public services, as well as financial services, employment and decent work for women and access to economic resources, including land and natural resources. It further stresses the importance of promoting awareness and understanding of their rights and ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation of Indigenous women and, as appropriate, girls in developing policies and programmes, as well as in the economy and the transmission of traditiona l, scientific and technical knowledge, languages and spiritual and religious traditions and practices, and decision-making processes at all levels and in all areas, including through digital technologies, as well as productive employment and decent work fo r Indigenous women. It further acknowledges that the inherent diversity of these communities, as well as their challenges, demand special attention. 38. The Commission also recognizes the significant contribution of women and girls of African descent to the development of societies and the importance of ensuring the full, equal and meaningful participation and decision-making of women of African descent in all aspects of society, including by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective. 39. The Commission recognizes that poverty, in particular the feminization of poverty, and underdevelopment are among the drivers of migration and it therefore emphasizes the importance of addressing the situations of vulnerabil ity that migrant women and girls face, particularly migrant women in the informal economy and in less skilled work, to abuse and exploitation, underlining in this regard the obligation of States to protect, respect and fulfil the human rights of all migran ts regardless of migration status. It also recognizes the positive contributions of migrant women towards inclusive growth and sustainable development in countries of origin, transit and destination, underlining the value and dignity of women ’s labour, in all sectors, including in care and domestic work, while recognizing the contribution of women migrant workers, including through the sending of remittances, which are fundamental for the empowerment of women and are a vital source of support for their families and communities. 40. The Commission recognizes older women’s positive contribution to the economy and society, including through the provision of care and domestic work and support. It also recognizes the challenges to the full realization of all hum an rights and fundamental freedoms for older women, including by progressively taking measures to combat age discrimination, neglect, abuse and all forms of violence, including gender-based violence, as well as social isolation and loneliness; providing so cial protection, access to food, water and housing, health -care services, employment, information and communications technologies, including new technologies and assistive technologies, legal services and justice; and addressing issues related to social integration and gender inequality through mainstreaming the rights of older persons into sustainable and people-centred development strategies, urban policies and poverty reduction strategies, bearing in mind the crucial importance of intergenerational solidarity for social development. 41. The Commission recognizes the important role and contribution of rural women and those living in remote and maritime areas in the eradication of poverty and in enhancing sustainable agricultural and rural development, as well as sustainable fisheries. It highlights the importance of their access to economic opportunities, 24-05678 9/27