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learned and good practices in overcoming challenges to full implementation at the
national and international levels as well as to the evaluation of progress in the
implementation of priority themes;
Calls upon Governments, and the relevant funds and programmes, organs
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and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective
mandates, and invites the international financial institutions and all relevant actors
of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to intensify action to
achieve the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and
Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, through,
inter alia:
(a) Sustained political will and commitment at the national, regional and
international levels to take further action, inter alia, through the mainstreaming of
gender perspectives, including through the development and use of gender equality
indicators, as applicable, in all policies and programmes and the promotion of full
and equal participation and empowerment of women, and enhanced international
cooperation;
(b) Promotion and protection of, and respect for, the full enjoyment of
human rights and fundamental freedoms by women and girls, including through the
full implementation by States of their obligations under all human rights instruments,
especially the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women;
(c) Ensuring full representation and full and equal participation of women in
political, social and economic decision-making as an essential condition for gender
equality, and the empowerment of women and girls as a critical factor in the
eradication of poverty;
(d) Involving women actively in environmental decision-making at all
levels, integrating gender concerns and perspectives in policies and programmes for
sustainable development, and strengthening or establishing mechanisms at the
national, regional and international levels to assess the impact on women of
development and environmental policies and strategies, including those related to
climate change, deforestation and desertification;
(e) Integrating a gender perspective into the design, implementation,
monitoring, evaluation and reporting of national environmental policies,
strengthening mechanisms and providing adequate resources to ensure full and
equal participation of women in decision-making at all levels on environmental
issues, in particular on strategies related to the impact of climate change on the lives
of women and girls;
(f) Enhancing the role of women at all levels and in all aspects of rural
development, agriculture, nutrition and food security, including by ensuring
legislation and administrative reforms, including access to ownership and control
over land and other forms of property, credit, inheritance, natural resources and new
technology;
(g) Providing technical assistance to women, particularly in developing
countries, to ensure the continuing promotion of human resources development and
the development of environmentally sound technologies and of women’s
entrepreneurship;
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