he has also linked principles of equality nondiscrimination and participation as an approach to commenting on the impact of foreign debt and related policy conditionalities on the realization of womens rights in particular their economic social and cultural rights ibid international financial institutions in relation to loans and conditionalities often fail to consider and address the needs of women ibid without this perspective policies contribute to the feminization of poverty and deepening gender inequality ibid states should promote women s involvement in development planning and decisionmaking related to debt management ibid