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(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,
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