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Ensure that membership in such bodies secures equal representation and participation for
women and Indigenous peoples, to be chosen via non-governmental civil society
organizations;
Make binding commitments to using governance authority via multilateral treaties to require
state members to secure gender and Indigenous women’s equality in all laws, practices, and
programs as required by the ICCPR, CEDAW, and other human rights treaties, and
implemented consistent with the Beijing Platform for Action; and
Make binding commitments to using governance authority via multilateral treaties to
prioritize environmentally sustainable resource and economic development combined with
use of resource revenues to fund investment in durable forms of human development and
physical capital.
Notes
1. Some follow-up information on gender in the specifically circumpolar Arctic has been
prepared (Nymand Larsen 2010). In the forthcoming second report (AHDR II), gender
issues will run through all chapters, but there will be no separate chapter on gender.
2. Original research from the most recent TUAQ-sponsored conference held in 2014 is in
preparation for publication. Details of the program are archived at
http://femlaw.queensu.ca/conferencesFLSQ.html.
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