A/HRC/RES/31/15 economic and financial crisis has had in that regard, and notes with concern that the global level of women’s participation in the labour force is 27 per cent lower than that of men; 14. Expresses deep concern that, in 2015, approximately 71.3 million young people were unemployed and that the global youth unemployment rate was around 13.1 per cent, while the global employment rate for young women was 15 percentage points lower than that for young men, resolves in that regard to pay particular attention to the realization of the right to work for young people, bearing in mind the fundamental importance of equal opportunities, education and vocational training in the context of realizing that right, and emphasizes that full and productive employment for young people plays an important role in their empowerment and can contribute to, inter alia, the prevention of extremism, terrorism and social, economic and political instability; 15. Stresses that technical and vocational education and guidance are necessary measures for the realization of the right to work for all; 16. Welcomes the adoption by the General Assembly of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including, inter alia, its Goal 8, on promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its targets; 17. Recognizes the fundamental importance of international cooperation, including through technical cooperation, capacity-building, exchange of relevant lessons learned and good practices, in advancing efforts towards the full realization of the right to work through full and productive employment and decent work for all; 18. Calls upon States to put in place comprehensive policies and to take the legislative and administrative measures necessary for the full realization of the right to work, including by considering to undertake policy commitments and measures to obtain full and productive employment and decent work for all, including through the establishment, where appropriate, of institutions for that purpose and by further strengthening tools such as job services and social dialogue mechanisms, while paying continuous attention to professional and technical training and initiatives to foster small and medium-sized enterprises and cooperatives; 19. Recognizes that employment should be a central objective of economic and social policies at the national, regional and international levels for the sustainable eradication of poverty and for providing an adequate standard of living, and emphasizes in that regard the importance of relevant social protection measures, including social protection floors; 20. Highlights the vital role of the private sector in generating new investments, job opportunities and financing for development and in advancing efforts towards the full realization of the right to work and the promotion of full and productive employment and decent work for all; 21 Recognizes the important contribution of workers’ and employers’ organizations in the area of full and productive employment and decent work for all; 22. Underscores that there is an urgent need to create an environment at the national and international levels that is conducive to the attainment of full and productive employment and decent work for all as a foundation for sustainable development, and that an environment that supports investment, growth and entrepreneurship is essential to the creation of new job opportunities, and reaffirms that opportunities for men and women to obtain productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are essential to ensure the eradication of hunger and poverty, the improvement of economic and social well-being for all, the achievement of sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic 4