Beijing Platform for Action (1995)

358. To facilitate implementation of the Platform for Action, interested developed and developing country partners, agreeing on a mutual commitment to allocate, on average, 20 per cent of official development assistance and 20 per cent of the national budget to basic social programmes should take into account a gender perspective.

Beijing +5:
Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly (2000)

73 a. Mainstream a gender perspective into key macro economic and social development policies and national development programmes;

101 k Promote and accelerate the implementation of the 20/20 initiative that integrates a gender perspective to fully benefit all, particularly women and girls;

Social Summit:
Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Whole of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly (2000)

27. In the context of comprehensive national strategies on poverty eradication, integrate policies at all levels, including economic and fiscal policies, capacity building and institution-building, and giving priority to investments in education and health, social protection and basic social services, in order to help empower people living in poverty, by:

(o) Ensuring a gender equality perspective at all levels, and taking measures to counteract the feminization of poverty, keeping in mind the potential role of women and girls in poverty eradication;

77. The elimination of discrimination against women and their empowerment and full participation in all areas of life and at all levels should be priority objectives at the national as well as the international level, and an intrinsic part of social development. Equitable social development requires full respect for human dignity, equality and equity between women and men, the mainstreaming of gender considerations in all levels of policy-making and in the planning of programmes and projects. Despite some progress, gender mainstreaming is not yet universal, and gender-based inequality continues in many areas of most societies.

79. Ensure gender mainstreaming in the implementation of each of the further initiatives related to each of the commitments made at the Summit, considering the specific roles and needs of women in all areas of social development, by, inter alia, evaluating the gender implications of proposals and taking action to correct situations in which women are disadvantaged. The use of positive or affirmative action and empowerment programmes is commended to both Governments and international organizations.