International Agreements on Transport with a particular focus on agreements related to gender issues 1. Agenda 21 Chapter 6. Protection and Promotion of Human Health E. Reducing health risks from environmental pollution and hazards * 6.39. * 6.41 (a) Urban air pollution: (i) * 6.41 (d) Pesticides Women: * D. Meeting the urban health challenge 6.33. The health and well-being of all urban dwellers must be improved so that they can contribute to economic and social development. The global objective is to achieve a 10 to 40 per cent improvement in health indicators by the year 2000. The same rate of improvement should be achieved for environmental, housing and health service indicators. These include the development of quantitative objectives for infant mortality, maternal mortality, percentage of low birth weight newborns and specific indicators (e.g. tuberculosis as an indicator of crowded housing, diarrhoeal diseases as indicators of inadequate water and sanitation, rates of industrial and transportation accidents that indicate possible opportunities for prevention of injury, and social problems such as drug abuse, violence and crime that indicate underlying social disorders). http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap6.htm 2. Agenda 21 Chapter 7. Promoting Sustainable Human Settlement Development * Introduction, Para 7.5 (e) * B. Improving human settlement management, Para 7.24 * C. Promoting sustainable land use planning and management, Para 7.30 (h) * E. Promoting sustainable energy and transport systems in human settlements, Para 7.46 - 7.54 (a-c) Women: * B. Improving human settlement management Para 7.20 (a) Institutionalize a participatory approach to sustainable urban development, based on a continuous dialogue between the actors involved in urban development (public sector, private sector and communities), especially women and indigenous people; * D. Promoting the integrated provision of environmental infrastructure: water, sanitation, drainage and solid waste management 7.45 With the assistance and support of funding agencies, all countries should, as appropriate, undertake training and popular participation programmes aimed at: (a) Raising awareness of the means, approaches and benefits of the provision of environmental infrastructure facilities, especially among indigenous people, women, low-income groups and the poor; * E. Promoting sustainable energy and transport systems in human settlements 7.51 A comprehensive approach to human settlements development should include the promotion of sustainable energy development in all countries, as follows: (a) Developing countries, in particular and bilateral donors should: (i) Formulate national action programmes to promote and support reafforestation and national forest regeneration with a view to achieve sustained provision of the biomass energy needs of the low-income groups in urban areas and the rural poor, in particular women and children; http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap7.htm 3. Agenda 21 Chapter 8. Integrating Environment and Development in Decision-Making * C. Making effective use of economic instruments and market and other incentives, Para 8.33 (a) Women: * Integrating environment and development at the policy, planning and management levels 8.2. Prevailing systems for decision-making in many countries tend to separate economic, social and environmental factors at the policy, planning and management levels. This influences the actions of all groups in society, including Governments, industry and individuals, and has important implications for the efficiency and sustainability of development. An adjustment or even a fundamental reshaping of decision-making, in the light of country-specific conditions, may be necessary if environment and development is to be put at the centre of economic and political decision-making, in effect achieving a full integration of these factors. In recent years, some Governments have also begun to make significant changes in the institutional structures of government in order to enable more systematic consideration of the environment when decisions are made on economic, social, fiscal, energy, agricultural, transportation, trade and other policies, as well as the implications of policies in these areas for the environment. New forms of dialogue are also being developed for achieving better integration among national and local government, industry, science, environmental groups and the public in the process of developing effective approaches to environment and development. The responsibility for bringing about changes lies with Governments in partnership with the private sector and local authorities, and in collaboration with national, regional and international organizations, including in particular UNEP, UNDP and the World Bank. Exchange of experience between countries can also be significant. National plans, goals and objectives, national rules, regulations and law, and the specific situation in which different countries are placed are the overall framework in which such integration takes place. In this context, it must be borne in mind that environmental standards may pose severe economic and social costs if they are uniformly applied in developing countries. 4. Agenda 21 Section II. Conservation and Management of Resources for Development Chapter 9. Protection of the Atmosphere Introduction B. Promoting sustainable development * Para 2. Transportation point 9.13 - 9.15 (a-f) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap9.htm 5. Agenda 21 Chapter 11. Combating Deforestation C. Promoting efficient utilization and assessment to recover the full valuation of the goods and services provided by forests, forest lands and woodlands * Para 11.23 (c) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap11.htm 6. Agenda 21 Chapter 12. Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Combating Desertification and Drought E. Developing comprehensive drought preparedness and drought-relief schemes, including self-help arrangements, for drought-prone areas and designing programmes to cope with environmental refugees Basis for action (a) Management-related activities * 12.48. (a) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap12.htm 7. Agenda 21 Chapter 17. Protection of the Oceans, All Kinds of Seas, Including Enclosed and Semi-Enclosed Seas, and Coastal Areas and the Protection, Rational Use and development of Their Living Resources Marine environmental protection Basis for action 17.18. 17.28 (j) 17.30 (a; xii) 17.56 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap17.htm 8. Agenda 21 Chapter 19. Environmenatlly Sound Management of Toxic Chemicals, Including the Prevention of Illegal International Traffic in Toxic and Dangerous Products * Harmonization of classification and labelling of chemicals * Para 19.25. * (b) Data and information, Para 19.29. D. Establishment of risk reduction programmes * Para 19.49 (a) E. Strengthening of national capabilities and capacities for management of chemicals * Para 19.59 (b), 19.60 (d) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap19.htm [Agenda 21 Chapter 20. Environmentally Sound Management of Hazardous Wastes Including Prevention of Illegal International Traffic in Hazardous Wastes Introduction Chapters relating to transport of hazardous wastes http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap20.htm] 9. Agenda 21 Chapter 22. Safe and Environmentally Sound Management of Radioactive Wastes Programme Area Promoting the safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive wastes Relating to transportation of radioactive wastes Para 22.2 22.3 22.4 (a, c, d) 22.5 (a) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap22.htm 10. Agenda 21 Chapter 35. Science for Sustainable Development Introduction Para 35.2. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ag21chap35.htm 11. The Earth Summit 1992: The Forest Principles Para 13 (e) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/earth%20forest.htm 12. Earth Summit II Chapter 3. A. Integration of economic, social and environmental objectives * Para 24 * Making trade and environment mutually supportive, Para 29 (e) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ES2chap3a.htm 13. Earth Summit II Chapter 3. B. Sectors and issues * Para 33 * Energy, Para 43 * Transport, Para 47 (a-h) * Radioactive wastes, Para 60 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/ES2chap3b.htm 14. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development Chapter 3 : Interrelationships between Population, Sustained Economic Growth and Sustainable Development A. Integrating population and development strategies, Para 3.3. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/population6.htm#A.%20Integrating%20population%20and%20development%20strategies 15. 3rd World Conference on Women, Nairobi 1985 The Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/narirobi.htm#II.%20Deverlopment * II. Development Food, Water and Agriculture 176. Governments should establish multisectoral programmes to promote the productive capacity of rural poor women in food and animal production, create off-farm employment opportunities, reduce their work-load, inter alia, by supporting the establishment of adequate child-care facilities and that of their children, reverse their pauperization, improve their access to all sources of energy, and provide them with adequate water, health, education, effective extension services and transportation within their region. In this connection it should be noted that the World Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, held at Rome in 1979, 12/ recognized women's vital role in the socio-economic life in both agricultural and non-agricultural activities as a prerequisite for successful rural development policies, planning and programmes, and proposed specific measures for improving their condition, which are still valid. The Programme of Action for the Second Half of the United Nations Decade for Women also included specific measures to improve the situation of women in food and agriculture, which remain a valid guide for action. 184. Appropriate food-processing technologies can free women from time- and energy-consuming tasks and thus effect improvements in their health. Appropriate technologies can also increase the productivity and income of women, either directly or by freeing them to engage in other activities. Such technologies should be designed and introduced, however, in a manner that ensures women's access to the new technology and to its benefits and does not displace women from means of livelihood when alternative opportunities are not available. Appropriate labour-saving technologies should utilize local human and material resources and inexpensive sources of energy. The design, testing and dissemination of the technology should be appropriate also to the women who will be the users. Non-governmental organizations can play a valuable role in this process. Appropriate and affordable food-processing technologies should be made widely available to rural women, along with appropriate and affordable storage, marketing and transportation facilities to reduce post-harvest and income losses. Information on improved methods which have been ecologically confirmed of reducing post-harvest food loss and of preserving and conserving food products should be widely disseminated. Trade and commercial services 198. Governments should also recognize the positive contribution of women traders to local and national economies and should adopt policies to assist and organize these women. The infrastructure and management of markets, transportation and social services should be improved to increase the efficiency, security and income of women traders and to reduce their work-load and the hazards to their health, as well as to avoid wastage of marketable produce. Training opportunities in bookkeeping, finance, packaging, standardization and processing technology should be provided to women traders. Such training should also aim at opening up employment opportunities to these women in other marketing and credit institutions. Governments should design innovative mechanisms to provide women traders with access to credit and to encourage the establishment and reinforcement of women's trade associations. Housing, settlement, community development and transport 213. All measures to increase the efficiency of land, water and air transportation should be formulated with due regard to women as producers and consumers. All national and local decisions concerning transportation policies, including subsidies, pricing, choice of technology for construction and maintenance, and means of transport, should consider women's needs and should be based on consideration of the possible impact on the employment, income and health of women. 214. Women's roles as operators and owners of means of transport should be promoted through greater access to credit for women and other appropriate means and equal consideration with regard to the allocation of contracts. This is particularly important for women's groups and collectives, especially in rural areas, that are usually well organized but are cut off from serviceable means of transport and communication. 215. Rural transportation planning in developing countries should aim at reducing the heavy burden on women who carry agricultural produce, water and fuelwood as head-loads. In exploring modes of transportation, efforts should be made to avoid loss of income and employment for women by introducing costs that may be too high for them. 216. In the choice of modes of transportation and the design of transport routes, the increasing ratio of women whose income is essential for family survival should be taken into account. 217. In the design and choice of both commercial and appropriate vehicular technology, the needs of women, especially those with young children, should be taken into consideration. Institutional support to give women access to appropriate vehicles should be provided. 16. The Fourth World Conference on Women Chapter 1. Resolution 1. Annex II - The Beijing Platform for Action IV. Strategic Objectives and Actions F. Women and the Economy * Strategic objective F.2. Facilitate women's equal access to resources, employment, markets and trade Actions to be taken 166. (e) Create and modify programmes and policies that recognize and strengthen women's vital role in food security and provide paid and unpaid women producers, especially those involved in food production, such as farming, fishing and aquaculture, as well as urban enterprises, with equal access to appropriate technologies, transportation, extension services, marketing and credit facilities at the local and community levels; * 167. (d) Ensure that women's priorities are included in public investment programmes for economic infrastructure, such as water and sanitation, electrification and energy conservation, transport and road construction; promote greater involvement of women beneficiaries at the project planning and implementation stages to ensure access to jobs and contracts. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/FWCWchap1f.htm#Strategic%20objective%20F.2 17. The Social Summit Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development Chapter II : Eradication of Poverty Basis for action and objectives B. Improved access to productive resources and infrastructure * Para 31. (a) * Para 34. (c) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/social5.htm 18. Copenhagen +5 Outcome Document * Commitment 4, Para 64, http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/c+5%20outcome.htm#Commitment%204: * Commitment 5, Para 73ter, http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/c+5%20outcome.htm#Commitment%205: * Commitment 6, Para 83 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/c+5%20outcome.htm#Commitment%206: 19. International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development Chapter 9 : Population Distribution, Urbanization and Internal Migration * Population distribution and sustainable development, Para 9.4. * B. Population growth in large urban agglomerations, 9.15., 9.18. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/population12.htm 20. Habitat II Conference Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements * Para 10 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/habitat%202%20decl.htm 21. Habitat II Conference I - Preamble, Para 9 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20I%20preamble.htm 22. Habitat II Conference II - Goals and Principles * III, Para 29 * IV, Para 30 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20II%20goals.htm 23. Habitat II Conference III. Commitments B. Sustainable human settlements * Para 43 (c, n, p) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20III%20B.htm 24. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action B. Adequate Shelter for All 1. Introduction * Para 61 c (vii) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20B%201.htm 25. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action B. Adequate Shelter for All 3. Shelter delivery systems a) Enabling markets to work e) Ensuring access to basic infrastructure and services, Para 84, 85 (c) [Women: 86. To ensure more equitable provision of basic infrastructure and service delivery systems, Governments at the appropriate levels, including local authorities, should: (b) Involve local communities, particularly women, children and persons with disabilities, in decision-making and in setting priorities for the provision of services; ] http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20B%203.htm 26. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action B. Adequate Shelter for All 4. Vulnerable groups and people with special needs Para 96 (f) Promote systems of public transport that are affordable and accessible in order to make a wider range of housing and jobs available to vulnerable groups; http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20B%204.htm 27. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 1. Introduction * Para 101 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C.htm 28. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 2. Sustainable land use * Para 109, 111, 113 (h, i) Women: Para 113 (l) Institutionalize a participatory approach to sustainable human settlements through the development and support of strategies and mechanisms that encourage open and inclusive dialogue among all interested parties, with special attention to the needs and priorities of women, minorities, children, youth, people with disabilities, older persons and persons living in poverty and exclusion; http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%202.htm 29. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 3. Social development: eradication of poverty, creation of productive employment and social integration Para 121 (b) Women: 119. In order to promote gender-sensitive planning and management of human settlements, Governments at the appropriate levels, including local authorities, in collaboration with women's groups and other interested parties, should: (a) Adopt, where appropriate, by-laws, standards and norms and develop planning guidelines that take into consideration the needs and situations of women and men and girls and boys in relation to human settlements planning, development and decision-making, and in the provision of and access to basic services, including public transportation, health and educational facilities; (b) Consider in the planning process the fact that women are often involved in the informal sector and use their homes for business or market activities; (c) Promote representative structures, while ensuring women's full and equal participation; (d) Develop policy guidelines and programmes that encourage and actively pursue the involvement of women's groups in all aspects of community development related to environmental infrastructure and the provision of basic urban services, and encourage women's own cooperatives, as well as their membership in other cooperatives; (e) Promote changes in attitudes, structures, policies, laws and other practices relating to gender in order to eliminate all obstacles to human dignity and equality in family and society and promote full and equal participation of women and men, including persons with disabilities, in social, economic and political life, including in the formulation, implementation and follow-up of public policies and programmes; (f) Foster economic policies that have a positive impact on the employment and income of women workers in both the formal and informal sectors and adopt specific measures to address women's unemployment, in particular their long-term unemployment; (g) Eliminate legal and customary barriers, where they exist, to women's equal access to and control of land and finance; (h) Promote equal access to all levels of education for girls and women; (i) Establish programmes that address the absolute poverty found among rural women, focusing on their need for adequate shelter and employment; (j) Generate and disseminate gender disaggregated data, while ensuring that such statistics are collected, compiled, analysed and presented by age and sex; set up monitoring mechanisms in government structures; and integrate the results into mainstream policies for sustainable human settlements development; (k) Enhance community awareness of issues facing women living in poverty, the homeless, migrants, refugees, other displaced women in need of international protection, and internally displaced women, especially those issues related to physical and sexual abuse, and design appropriate community responses; (l) Ensure equal access to housing, land and public services in the urban and rural areas in line with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%203.htm 30. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 6. Sustainable energy use 146 (d) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%206.htm 31. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 7. Sustainable transport and communication systems, Para 127 - 151 (a-g) Women: 147. Transport and communication systems are the key to the movement of goods, people, information and ideas, and to access to markets, employment, schools and other facilities and land use, both within cities and between cities, and in rural and other remote areas. The transportation sector is a major consumer of non-renewable energy and of land and is a major contributor to pollution, congestion and accidents. Integrated transport and land-use policy and planning can reduce the ill effects of current transport systems. People living in poverty, women, children, youth, older persons and people with disabilities are particularly disadvantaged by the lack of accessible, affordable, safe and efficient public transport systems. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%207.htm 32. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 8. Conservation and rehabilitation of the historical and cultural heritage Para 154 (i) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%208.htm 33. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 9. Improving urban economies * Para 156 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%209.htm 34. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action C. Sustainable human settlements development in an urbanizing world 10. Balanced development of settlements in rural regions 169 (c) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20C%2010.htm 35. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action D. Capacity-building and institutional development 5. Metropolitan planning and management Para 185, 186 (f), Para 186 (g) Develop or, where necessary, create a core of professional staff that includes women, trained in the areas of urban planning, environmental management, engineering, transportation, communications, social services, development of primary infrastructure, and emergency planning, and with the skills to work together to address major planning issues in an integrated way; (h) Facilitate and promote policy dialogue, both nationally and internationally, and the exchange of experience, expertise, know-how and technology among metropolitan authorities in such areas as transport and communications, water management and waste-water treatment, waste management, energy conservation, environmental management, and social welfare that recognizes women and marginalized groups; http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20D%205.htm 36. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action E. International cooperation and coordination 3. Financial resources and economic instruments * Para 204 (u) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20E%203.htm 37. Habitat II Conference IV Global Plan of Action F. Implementation and follow-up of the Habitat Agenda 5. Performance evaluation, indicators and best practices 239. It is essential to evaluate the impact of policies, strategies and actions on the provision of adequate shelter and the achievement of sustainable human settlements development. The results of these evaluations will be considered by the relevant United Nations organs and bodies, including the Commission on Human Settlements. The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), together with other relevant organizations, will be responsible for establishing an appropriate process for analysing and monitoring major trends in urbanization and the impact of urban policies. In particular, age and gender-disaggregated information on the impact of urbanization on vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, including children, should be collected, taking into account other relevant work in this field. 241. As part of their commitment to strengthening their existing shelter- and settlements-related data collection and analysis capabilities, Governments at all levels, including local authorities, should continue to identify and disseminate best practices, and should develop and apply shelter and human settlements development indicators, including those that reflect the rights and well-being of children. The key indicators, augmented by policy-oriented national and subnational level indicators specific to the different regions, and other relevant information, as appropriate, will be used by Governments for assessing national implementation of the Habitat Agenda. The indicators should cover key areas of the Habitat Agenda, such as shelter, health, transport, energy, water supply, sanitation, employment and other aspects of urban sustainability, empowerment, participation and local responsibility, and should be gender-specific where possible. Such information, which should be available and accessible to all, will be provided to the United Nations, taking into account the different reporting procedures in the economic, social and environmental fields, and the need for reporting procedures to reflect diversity in regional, national, subnational and, in particular, local characteristics and priorities. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-conf/hab%202%20IV%20F%205.htm Conventions The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: CEDAW The Convention Document Article 14 2. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in rural areas in order to ensure, on a basis of equality of men and women, that they participate in and benefit from rural development and, in particular, shall ensure to such women the right: (h) To enjoy adequate living conditions, particularly in relation to housing, sanitation, electricity and water supply, transport and communications. Commissions Commission on Sustainable Development 1. CSD 1994 Chapter I 5. Changing consumption and production patterns * Para 47 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1994.htm#Chapter%20I * Review of sectoral cluster: 2. Human Settlements * Para 118 * Para 131 (b) * Para 132 (d) Invites the appropriate United Nations agencies and organizations, through IACSD, to launch a demonstration initiative for environmentally friendly urban transport. That initiative should draw together the best available expertise on urban infrastructure management and should facilitate the exchange of knowledge on "best practices" between developed and developing countries. The Secretary-General is invited to report to the Commission on progress in that area by 1997; http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1994.htm#huset 2. CSD 1995 Chapter I * Para 77 B. Financial resources and mechanisms Para 128, 129 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1995.htm#Chapter%20I * Para 193 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1995.htm#D.%20Review%20of%20sectoral%20cluster:%20Land,%20desertification,%20forests%20and%20biodiversity 3. CSD 1996 Decision 4/15. Protection of the atmosphere and protection of the oceans and all kinds of seas* B. Protection of the atmosphere * Para 15 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1996.htm#Decision%204/15 Decision 4/16. Review of the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States * Para 2 * G. Transport and communications, Para 29-35 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1996.htm#Decision%204/16 Chapter II CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT * Para 15 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1996.htm#Chapter%20II 4. CSD 1998 Decision 6/2. Industry and sustainable development F. Future Work * Para 69 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1998.htm#Decision%206/2 5. CSD 1999 * Draft resolution Annex G. Promotion of sustainable consumption, Para 44 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1999.htm#A.%20Draft%20resolutions * Matters brought to the attention of the Council III. Areas of particular concern D. Other marine activities 35. (j) http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1999.htm#C.%20Matters%20brought%20to%20the%20attention%20of%20the%20Council Decision 7/2. Changing consumption and production patterns * Para 13 (a) * Priorities for future work, Para 5 * Annex, General considerations, Para 3, 7, 28 * Annex, General considerations, Urbanization, Para 41, 45 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1999.htm#Decision%207/2 * Decision 7/3. Tourism and sustainable development, Para 5 (f), 8, 11 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1999.htm#Decision%207/3 * Chapter III Chairman's summary of the high-level segment, Para 39 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd1999.htm#Chapter%20III 6. CSD 2000 Decision on Integrated Planning and Management of Land Resources * (g) Rural-urban and land management interactions Para 23 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csd/csd2000land.htm Commission on the Status of Women 1. CSW 1994 IV. Priority Themes 12. Many representatives expressed concern about current trends, indicating that increasingly more women than men were single heads of households and that more women were migrating to urban areas. A few representatives stressed that mobility was a prerequisite for women's employment and career opportunities. Thus, such issues as public transport and housing for working women in urban and semi-urban locations should be given more attention. Some representatives emphasized the need for men and women to share all household duties 18. Many representatives stated that unless the specific situation of women was taken into account, the impact of urbanization on women's lives would remain negative. A few representatives observed out that if structural adjustment programmes implied budget cuts in such services as transportation, sanitation, and energy supply, women would be severely affected. One representative suggested that external support agencies could play an important role in making urban development more gender-sensitive. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csw/csw1994.htm#chapIV 2. CSW 1997 * Agreed conclusions 1997/1. Women and the environment 22. Governments, in partnership with the private sector and other actors of civil society, should strive to eradicate poverty, especially the feminization of poverty, to change production and consumption patterns and to create sound, well-functioning local economies as the basis for sustainable development, inter alia, by empowering the local population, especially women. It is also important for women to be involved in urban planning, in the provision of basic facilities and communication and transport networks, and in policies concerned with safety. International cooperation should be strengthened to achieve this end. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csw/csw1997.htm#env * Agreed conclusions 1997/4. Education and training of women 17. Governments should provide increased access to non-discriminatory education and training and create safe, enabling environments in order to retain girls and women in schools and eliminate gender disparities in school attendance at all levels of education, including the higher levels. Safety in schools and during extracurricular activities should be promoted by school authorities, parents and administrative personnel. All actors should join efforts by providing school feeding programmes, transport and boarding schools, when necessary. The contribution of non-governmental organizations to all fields of education and, in particular, to lifelong learning is of importance. http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csw/csw1997.htm#edu Commission for Social Development CsocD 1995 C. Hunger and Poverty 4. Cooperation between urban and rural youth in food production and distribution Para 39 http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/Women/un-doku/un-comm/csocdev/csocdev95.htm#c