while family policy can be used as a tool to enhance gender equality objectives gender equality policy must be seen as an encompassing and multidimensional strategy that goes far beyond family issues and touches upon eveiy aspect of public life as such although some goals are fully pertinent for both women and men such as equal share of unpaid work and familyfriendly work policies it would be important to ensure that the adopted policy maintains clearly defined goals related to women s political and economic empowerment consider including gendersensitive target indicators more widely across state and sectorial programs and strategic plans to facilitate the promotion of gender equality in all areas of life over time consider developing an annual wholeofgovernment report on the implementation of the gender equality strategy