Education and Training Ensure equal access to education and promote life-long education and training for girls and women. Violence Adopt and implement legislation to end violence against women, ratify the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, and encourage international cooperation to dismantle trafficking in women. Economy Promote women's economic rights and independence, including access to employment and appropriate working conditions and control over economic resources. Institutional Mechanisms Create and strengthen national bureaucracies to ensure that the advancement of women is vested in the highest-possible level of government. Human Rights Promote human rights of women by fully implementing all human rights instruments, especially the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women.
Media Promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in the media.
Environment Integrate gender concerns and perspectives in policies and programs for sustainable development. Inclusion of non-U.S. Government links does not imply endorsement of contents.