Ratifying international agreements on women's rights and participation

This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.

1. Governments are urged to ratify all relevant conventions pertaining to women if they have not already done so. Those that have ratified conventions should enforce and establish legal, constitutional and administrative procedures to transform agreed rights into domestic legislation and should adopt measures to implement them in order to strengthen the legal capacity of women for full and equal participation in issues and decisions on sustainable development.

1. Strengthening participation of women in sustainable development programmes
2. Affirming women's rights

1. Expanding social participation of women
2. Applying international standards on the rights of women

1. Making intergovernmental treaties

1. Underparticipation
2. Rights
3. Participation
4. Nonparticipatory
5. Disagreement