3.17. Investment in human resource development, in accordance
with national policy, must be given priority in population and
development strategies and budgets, at all levels, with
programmes specifically directed at increased access to
information, education, skill development, employment
opportunities, both formal and informal, and high-quality
general, and reproductive health services, including family-
planning and sexual health care, through the promotion of
sustained economic growth within the context of sustainable
development in developing countries and countries with economies
in transition.  3.18. Existing inequities and barriers to women
in the workforce should be eliminated and women's participation
in all policy-making and implementation, as well as their access
to productive resources, and ownership of land, and their right
to inherit property should be promoted and strengthened.
Governments, non-governmental organizations and the private
sector should invest in, promote, monitor and evaluate the