E/2004/27 E/CN.6/2004/14 (f) To ensure that the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and the permanent Afghan judicial institutions have adequate human and financial resources to fulfil their mandates and address gender perspectives in line with international standards; (g) To continue its efforts to re-establish the rule of law, in accordance with international standards, inter alia, by ensuring that law enforcement agencies respect and uphold human rights and fundamental freedoms, with a particular emphasis on access to justice for women; (h) To continue its efforts to reflect a gender perspective in the training and activities of its police, army, prosecutors and judiciary and to promote the recruitment of Afghan women in all ranks; (i) To review and improve the practices of law enforcement personnel when dealing with women victims of violence, including domestic and sexual violence, and trafficking, in particular those accused of offences based on tradition or imprisoned for social reasons; (j) To strengthen efforts, including through legislative measures, to prevent and eliminate violence against women, including domestic and sexual violence and trafficking, inter alia, by raising awareness of the need to prevent and eliminate violence against women, with the aim of changing the attitudes and behaviour that allow such crimes to take place; (k) To ensure that gender-sensitive approaches are applied in the development and application of procedures during data collection for the census and the registration of voters to deliver universal suffrage and the full participation of women in the national elections in 2004; (l) To ensure the equal rights of women and girls to education, the effective functioning of schools throughout the country and the admission of women and girls to all levels of education, in a safe and secure environment, and to support the educational needs of those women and girls who were excluded from education in the past; (m) To respect the equal right of women to work and promote their reintegration in employment in all sectors and at all levels of Afghan society; (n) To protect the equal right of women and girls to security of person and to bring to justice those responsible for violence against women and girls; (o) To continue demobilization and disarmament and facilitate the reintegration of women and girls who have been affected by war into society and work; (p) To ensure the effective and equal access of women and girls, on the basis of equality among all Afghans, to the facilities necessary to protect the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, in accordance with the obligations of Afghanistan under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;2 (q) To ensure the equal right of women to own land and other property, inter alia, through the right to inheritance, and to undertake administrative reforms and other necessary measures to give women the same right as men to credit, capital, 4

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