This week, as we turn from the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, and move our sights to the negotiation of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, let us keep the end game in view.
The Action Agenda makes a strong political commitment to “ensure gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment” in the context of setting a global framework for financing of development post-2015. It reaffirms at the outset that the full realization of women's human rights, gender equality and women's empowerment are essential to achieving sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth and sustainable development. It includes as priorities for investment positive elements, including strengthened laws, policies and measures, and their implementation in relation to gender equality and women’s empowerment; the reiteration of the need for gender mainstreaming into all policies, and targeted transformative actions and investments for the promotion of gender equality at all levels. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda also importantly commits to realizing the equal rights of women in political and economic decision-making and leadership, and equal rights to economic resources.
See full Press Release: http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/7/un-women-ed-statement-financing-for-development-outcome
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