The importance of social protection measures in achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2010, para. 29
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When social protection is implemented within the framework of a gender-sensitive approach (as elaborated below), it enhances the status of women by, inter alia, strengthening their economic power, improving girls' access to education, increasing the participation of women in the workforce and providing them with income security in old age. Anecdotal evidence suggests that, by enabling them to gain control over household resources, some programmes directed at women have improved their social status and their confidence within their families and communities.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights