·
Support and encourage partnerships for the establishment of national
networks and provide resources for shelters and relief support for
women and girls, so as to offer a safe, sensitive and integrated
response to women victims of violence, including the provision of
programmes designed to heal victims of trafficking and rehabilitate
them into society;
·
Consider increasing contributions for national, regional and
international action to combat violence against women, including for
the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on violence
against women, its causes and consequences and the Trust Fund in
Support of Action to Eliminate Violence against Women of the United
Nations Development Fund for Women;
·
Develop special programmes that would assist women and girls with
disabilities in recognizing and reporting acts of violence, including
the provision of accessible support services for their protection and
safety;
·
Encourage and fund the training of personnel in the administration of
justice, law enforcement agencies, security, social and health-care
services, schools and migration authorities on matters related to
gender-based violence, and its prevention, and the protection of women
from violence;
·
Include in national budgets adequate resources related to the
elimination of violence against women and girls.
C.
Creation of linkages and cooperation with regard to particular
forms of violence against women
Actions to be taken by Governments:
·
Consider, where appropriate, formulating bilateral, subregional and
regional agreements to promote and protect the rights of migrant
workers, especially women and girls;
·
Develop bilateral, subregional, regional and international agreements
and protocols to combat all forms of trafficking in women and girls,
and assist victims of violence resulting from prostitution and
trafficking;
·
Improve international information exchange on trafficking in women and
girls by recommending the setting up of a data-collection centre
within Interpol, regional law enforcement agencies and national police
forces, as appropriate;
·
Strengthen the implementation of all relevant human rights instruments
in order to eliminate organized and other forms of trafficking in
women and girls, including trafficking for the purpose of sexual
exploitation and of pornography;
·
Strengthen gender focal points of the regional commissions, and
further enhance their contributions to gender-balanced development
policies, as they have already made significant contributions by
helping member States to build capacities and as regards gender-
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