Kazakhstan also enacted a national gender equality strategy (2006-16) followed by specific action plans for implementation. Most recently, at the UN Global Leaders’ Meeting on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment, Kazakhstan made a pledge to uphold and implement fully the Beijing Platform of Action with an accelerated and deeper commitment than heretofore. In view of implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (more specifically Goal 5 on gender equality), Kazakhstan committed to adequately finance gender equality initiatives, establish strong transparent and open accountability of governmental mechanisms and utilise high-level comparable gender data in all aspects of gender equality (UN Women, 2015).