A/HRC/53/12 39.208 Strengthen efforts in terms of equal pay by adopting a more effective mechanism to analyse and remedy gender-based wage discrimination that is applicable to companies of all sizes and that provides regular updates (Belgium); 39.209 Promote equality in the workplace by targeting discrimination based on gender or age, including more effectively enforcing rules related to equal pay, and by strengthening policies to ensure women are represented at all levels of management (United States of America); 39.210 Focus on raising awareness and eliminating the gender pay gap and the pension gap so as to take advantage of progress made (Cabo Verde); 39.211 Strengthen activities aimed at achieving equal pay between men and women as well as balanced representation at management levels of public institutions and in the private sector (Spain); 39.212 Continue with efforts to effectively address the gender pay gap, including any underlying structural causes, and report on progress achieved in the fifth cycle of the universal periodic review (Slovenia); 39.213 Eliminate the gender pay gap by ensuring parity in wages paid to men and women performing the same functions in the same organization (Nigeria); 39.214 Strengthen efforts to address the gender pay gap (Timor-Leste); 39.215 Take further measures to reduce the gender pay gap (Bhutan); 39.216 (Iraq); Continue efforts to eliminate the wage gap between women and men 39.217 Take steps to adopt binding measures to combat the gender wage gap, achieving equal pay for women and men (Mozambique); 39.218 Take effective measures to address the wage gap between women and men, and ensure their equal access to employment (Azerbaijan); 39.219 Increase opportunities for women to gain access to formal employment and ensure equal pay for work of equal value (Kazakhstan); 39.220 Adopt comprehensive policies to reduce the gender pay gap between women and men, and promote better representation of women in key roles (Indonesia); 39.221 Intensify its efforts in addressing issues of gender inequalities, particularly the gender pay gap and the pension age gap (Ghana); 39.222 Adopt effective measures to eliminate the gender pay gap, addressing the structural causes that keep women in lower-paid jobs (Costa Rica); 39.223 Take more ambitious measures to minimize the gender pay gap between women and men in all sectors of the economy, promote equal and better representation of women in key positions in society, and increase the availability of childcare facilities (Vanuatu); 39.224 Address the persistent gender pay gap, including by addressing the structural causes of women occupying lower paid jobs (Iceland); 39.225 Take effective measures to close the persistent gender pay gap, including by addressing the structural causes that result in women occupying lower paid jobs, and increase its efforts to ensure the availability, accessibility and affordability of childcare services (Denmark); 39.226 Strengthen the availability of early childhood care and childcare services, with a view to promoting women’s equal participation in employment (Peru); 39.227 Take further measures to ensure the availability and affordability of childcare services (Bhutan); 18 GE.23-03429