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Article 25 – Urban and Local Planning

1. The Signatory recognizes the importance of its spatial, transport, economic development and land use policies and plans in creating the conditions within which the right to equality of women and men in local life may be more fully achieved.

2. The Signatory commits itself to ensure that, in drawing up, adopting and implementing such policies and plans.

• the need to promote effective equality in all aspects of local life is fully taken into account,

• the specific needs of women and men, in relation for example to employment, access to services and cultural life, education and family responsibilities, based on relevant local and other data, including the signatory’s own gender assessments, are properly taken into account

• high quality design solutions are adopted which take into account the specific needs of women and men.