Gender
- Thu Aug 13 2009
Excerpt from Draft resolution III
E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15
For adoption by ECOSOC
Themes for the period 2010-2014
2. Decides that:
(a) In 2010, at its fifty-fourth session, the Commission will review the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly and its contribution to shaping a gender perspective towards the full realization of the Millennium Development Goals;
(b) In 2011, at its fifty-fifth session, the priority theme will be “Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work” and progress will be evaluated in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the fifty-first session on “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child”;
(c) In 2012, at its fifty-sixth session, the priority theme will be “The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges” and progress will be evaluated in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the fifty-second session on “Financing gender equality and the empowerment of women”;
(d) In 2013, at its fifty-seventh session, the priority theme will be “Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls” and progress will be evaluated in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the fifty-third session on “The equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including caregiving in the context of HIV/AIDS”;
(e) In 2014, at its fifty-eighth session, the priority theme will be “Challenges and achievements in the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls” and progress will be evaluated in the implementation of the agreed conclusions from the fifty-fifth session on “Access and participation of women and girls to education, training, science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work”;
3. Also decides that, at its fifty-seventh session in 2013, the Commission will discuss the possibility of conducting a review and appraisal of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly in 2015 and decide on priority themes for future sessions.
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