Women and the economy 1997, para. 4

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Economic policies and structural adjustment programmes, including liberalization policies, should include privatization, financial and trade policies, should be formulated and monitored in a gender-sensitive way, with inputs from the women most impacted by these policies, in order to generate positive results for women and men, drawing on research on the gender impact of macroeconomic and micro-economic policies. Governments should ensure, inter alia, that macroeconomic policies, including financial and public sector reforms, and employment generation, are gender-sensitive and friendly to small-scale and medium-sized enterprises. Local-level regulations and administrative arrangements should be conducive to women entrepreneurs. It is the responsibility of Governments to ensure that women are not discriminated against in times of structural change and economic recession.
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
Commission on the Status of Women
Document type
CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Economic Rights
  • Gender
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
  • Men
  • Women
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CSW Agreed Conclusions, Women and the economy (1997), para. 4.
Paragraph number
4