andbenefit from sustainable development as leaders, participants andagents of change has not been fully realised due, interalia,to persistent social, economic, and political inequalities. Wesupport prioritizing measures to promote gender equality and womensempowerment in all spheres of our societies, including the removal ofbarriers to their full and equal participation in decision-making andmanagement at all levels, and we emphasize the impact of settingspecific targets and implementing temporary measures, as appropriate,for substantially increasing the number of women in leadershippositions, with the aim of achieving gender parity.238.We resolve to unlock womens potential as drivers of sustainabledevelopment, including through the repeal of discriminatory laws andremoval of formal barriers, ensuring equal access to justice andlegal support, the reform of institutions to ensure competence andcapacity for gender mainstreaming and the development and adoption ofinnovative and special approaches, to address informal, harmfulpractices that act as barriers to gender equality. In this regard, wecommit to creating an enabling environment for improving thesituation of women and girls everywhere, particularly in rural areasand local communities and among indigenous peoples and ethnicminorities.239.We commit to actively promote the collection, analysis and use ofgender sensitive indicators and sex disaggregated data in policy,programme design and monitoring frameworks, in accordance withnational circumstances and capacities, in order to deliver on thepromise of sustainable development for all.240.We are committed to womens equal rights and opportunities inpolitical and economic decision-making and resource allocation and toremove any barriers that prevent women from being full participantsin the economy. We resolve to undertake legislation andadministrative reforms to give women equal rights with men toeconomic resources, including access to ownership and control overland and other forms of property, credit, inheritance, naturalresources and appropriate new technology.241.We are committed to promote the equal access of women and girls toeducation, basic services, economic opportunities and health careservices, including addressing womens sexual and reproductivehealth, and ensuring universal access to safe, effective, affordableand acceptable modern methods of family planning. In this regard, wereaffirm our commitment to implement the Programme of Action of theInternational Conference on Population and Development and the keyactions for the further implementation of the Programme of Action ofthe International Conference on Population and Development.242.We recognize that gender equality and the effective participation ofwomen are important for effective action on all aspects ofsustainable development.243.We support the work of the UN system, including UN Women, inpromoting and achieving gender equality and womens empowerment inall aspects of life, including with respect to the linkages betweengender equality and womens empowerment and the promotion ofsustainable development. We support UN Women leading, coordinatingand promoting the accountability of the UN system in this regard.244.We invite donors, international organizations including the UN Systemorganizations, as well as international financial institutions,regional banks, major groups including the private sector, tointegrate fully commitments and considerations on gender equality andwomens empowerment and to ensure the participation of women andeffective gender mainstreaming in their decision making and fullprogramming cycle. We invite them to play a supportive role indeveloping countries efforts to integrate fully commitments andconsiderations on gender equality and womens empowerment andensure the participation of women and the effective gendermainstreaming in their decision making, programme planning, budgetingand implementation, in accordance with