A/HRC/43/44/Add.1 (k) Promotion of organic agriculture and agroecology, including by providing support, such as financial mechanisms and training programmes, for ecological farming; (l) Adoption of the necessary gender-sensitive legal and policy measures for the recognition and exercise of women’s property rights; for closing education and employment gaps and ensuring that women participate in public life. In the agricultural sector, the Government needs to ensure that women’s role is visible and legally supported; (m) Allocation of effective financial resources to provide easy access to agricultural and food sector credits to enhance the role of women in the sector; (n) Adoption of a regulatory framework to control the private sector, especially producers of sugary drinks and food that contains excessive amounts of fat, sugar and salt, and the banning of unhealthy food advertisements from the media and from school canteens; (o) Provision of support and protection to mothers and their infants and young children to facilitate optimal feeding practices. In line with this obligation, Azerbaijan should adopt measures to foster women’s informed decision-making, including through access to objective and accurate information on the benefits of breastfeeding, as well as protection from biased and misleading information through the inappropriate marketing practices of manufacturers and distributors of baby food products; (p) Provision of all necessary human, technical and financial resources for the establishment of a comprehensive system for data collection, analysis and monitoring, and that the data collected be disaggregated by age, gender, ethnicity, geographic region and socioeconomic background; (q) Significant increases in spending on health, education and social protection; (r) Development of a comprehensive strategy regarding internally displaced persons that includes the possibility of development. The desire for a political resolution to the occupation of land and the need for voluntary return as the preferred solution must be respected; (s) Guarantees of genuine civil society space for the robust discussion of ideas, raising important concerns, sharing knowledge and experience, and promoting transparency. 21

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