kazakhstan also enacted a national gender equality strategy followed by specific action plans for implementation most recently at the un global leaders meeting on gender equality and women s empowerment kazakhstan made a pledge to uphold and implement fully the beijing platform of action with an accelerated and deeper commitment than heretofore in view of implementing the sustainable development goals more specifically goal on gender equality kazakhstan committed to adequately finance gender equality initiatives establish strong transparent and open accountability of governmental mechanisms and utilise highlevel comparable gender data in all aspects of gender equality un women