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The following 10 policy priorities should bedeliberated and fine-tuned through open dialogueinvolving the active participation of civil societyorganizations representing the interests of womenand girls, especially the most disadvantaged.1. Create more and better jobs for womenIncome from work is a foundation for people’slivelihoods and life chances. However, at globallevel, women’s labour force participation hasstalled. In addition, economic policies have failedto create enough decent jobs, making it difficultfor people to work their way out of poverty. Thisis particularly true for women, who are overrepresentedamong those in precarious, informaland low-wage employment. A number of concretemeasures are needed to create more and betterjobs for women:• Designing macroeconomic policies thatstimulate economic activity and increasedemand for labour, rather than focusingon an overly narrow set of targets such asmaintaining inflation at very low levels• Investing in public services to create decentjobs in health, education, child and elderlycare, public administration and agriculturalextension services• Increasing the viability of, and returns to, selfemploymentby investing in transport and otherinfrastructure, access to markets, training andsubsidized credit• Involving women informal workers in urbanplanning and decision-making to ensurethat city environments are conducive to theirwork and provide decent and safe workingconditions• Promoting joint land titling, extension services,input subsidies and measures to increaseaccess to markets for women small-scalefarmers.2. Reduce occupational segregation andgender pay gapsGender-based occupational segregation ispervasive across all regions and a key factor inperpetuating gender pay gaps. Without redressingwomen’s socio-economic disadvantage resultingfrom occupational segregation and unequalearnings, substantive equality will remain out ofreach. Public action must address the root causesof occupational segregation, including differencesin education, training and experience as well asdeeply ingrained stereotypes about women andmen’s roles in society by:• Properly valuing female-dominatedoccupations, including care occupations, sothat levels of remuneration are commensurateto workers’ skills and the contribution of theirwork to well-functioning economies andsocieties more broadly• Promoting education, including basic literacyfor adult women, on-the-job training, includingin non-traditional skills, and mentoring toenable women to move up the occupationalladder• Providing career advice for young women andencouragement to study science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) and othermale-dominated subjects, as well as accessto technical and vocational education andtraining, complete with support for unpaid careresponsibilities• Addressing pervasive sexual harassment andviolence in the workplace through specific laws,training for staff, adequate grievance proceduresand support for women to take their casesthrough the justice system• Using targets and quotas to increase women’srepresentation in male-dominated occupations,including in decision-making roles in the publicsector.