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accordance with the goals of the Monterrey Consensus of the International
Conference on Financing for Development7 and the Doha Declaration on Financing
for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on
Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey
Consensus;9
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Urges Member States, the United Nations system and non-governmental
organizations to accelerate their efforts and provide adequate resources to increase
the voice and full and equal participation of women in all decision-making bodies at
the highest levels of government and in the governance structures of international
organizations, including through eliminating gender stereotyping in appointments
and promotions, to build women’s capacity as agents of change and to empower
them to participate actively and effectively in the design, implementation,
monitoring, evaluation and reporting of national development, poverty eradication
and environmental policies, strategies and programmes;
Encourages Member States to continue to increase, as appropriate, the
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participation of civil society, including women’s organizations, in Government
decision-making in national development policy areas;
Encourages Member States and the United Nations system to ensure
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systematic attention to, recognition of and support for the crucial role of women in
the prevention and resolution of conflict, in mediation and peacebuilding efforts and
in the rebuilding of post-conflict society, inter alia, through promoting women’s
capacity, leadership and engagement in political and economic decision-making;
Stresses the importance of the adoption by Member States, international
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organizations, including the United Nations, the private sector, non-governmental
organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders of appropriate measures to
identify and address the ongoing adverse impacts of the world financial and
economic crisis, volatile energy prices and the food crisis, and the challenges posed
by climate change for women and girls, and of maintaining adequate levels of
funding for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women;
Also stresses the importance of the creation by Member States,
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international organizations, including the United Nations, the private sector,
non-governmental organizations, trade unions and other stakeholders of a
favourable and conducive national and international environment in all areas of life
for the effective integration of women in development, and of their undertaking and
disseminating a gender analysis of policies and programmes related to
macroeconomic stability, structural reform, taxation, investments, including foreign
direct investment, and all relevant sectors of the economy;
10. Urges the donor community, Member States, international organizations,
including the United Nations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations,
trade unions and other stakeholders to strengthen the focus and impact of
development assistance targeting gender equality and the empowerment of women
and girls through gender mainstreaming, the funding of targeted activities and
enhanced dialogue between donors and partners, and to also strengthen the
mechanisms needed to measure effectively the resources allocated to incorporating
gender perspectives in all areas of development assistance;
11. Urges Member States to incorporate a gender perspective, commensurate
with gender-equality goals, into the design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation
and reporting of national development strategies, to ensure alignment between
national action plans on gender equality and national development strategies, and to
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