The Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women has recently presented a draft of the agreed conclusions for "financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women" from the fifty-second session.The draft states that the Commission on the Status of Women has decided to re-affirm the Bejing Declaration and Platform of Action, emphasizing the need to find human and financial resources to fund gender programs. The draft also calls upon all states to incorporate a gender perspective into all economic policies, public financing, and development strategies.
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Compiled from: "Draft Presented by the Bureau of the Commission on the Status of Women," Commission on the Status of Women, Fifty-Second Session, 12 February 2008.