(c) 2. States Parties shall cooperate in facilitating the development of human, technical and financial capacity for the implementation of this Protocol. States Parties shall adopt the necessary policies, strategies and programmes such as affirmative action to facilitate the implementation of this Protocol. Affirmative action measures shall be put in place with particular reference to women and girls, in order to eliminate all barriers which prevent them from participating meaningfully in all spheres of life. ARTICLE 3 OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Protocol are: (a) to provide for the empowerment of women, to eliminate discrimination and to achieve gender equality and equity through the development and implementation of gender responsive legislation, policies, programmes and projects; (b) to harmonise the implementation of the various instruments to which SADC Member States have subscribed to at the regional, continental and international levels on gender equality and equity which, amongst others, are the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979); Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989); the International Conference on Population and Development (1994); the Beijing Declaration and it's Platform For Action (1995); the SADC Declaration on Gender and Development (1997) and it's Addendum (1998); the Millennium Development Goals (2000); the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (2000); the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (2003); the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (2008); or any other legal instruments that may be relevant to this Protocol, in order to accelerate implementation; (c) to address emerging gender issues and concerns; (d) to set realistic, measurable targets, time frames and indicators for achieving gender equality and equity; (e) to strengthen, monitor and evaluate the progress made by Member States towards reaching the targets and goals set out in this Protocol; and (f) to deepen regional integration, attain sustainable development and strengthen community building.