E/2009/27 E/CN.6/2009/15 violence and risks of contracting HIV/AIDS, as well as failure by the State to prevent such violations, provide adequate protection and medical and psychological care to victims, bring perpetrators to justice promptly and provide adequate compensation; (b) Other forms of violence against women and girls, including domestic violence, trafficking and acid attacks against women stemming from, for example, rejected offers of marriage or property disputes, with a lack of due diligence by States to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators and a lack of protection and support for victims and their families; (c) Abuse of power by the police, impunity, humiliation, and lack of due process, adequate investigation and protection of victims; (d) Inhumane treatment and inadequate conditions in mental facilities and in detention, including failure to separate women and men detainees, as well as failure by the State to sufficiently address the situation; (e) The impact on women and girls of ongoing situations of violence, insecurity and unmet basic needs, as well as exclusion of women from decision-making and negotiating processes; (f) Serious and systematic violations of the human rights of women and girls, some of which target specific groups, including torture, killings and abductions, with a lack of due diligence by States to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators and lack of protection and support for victims and their families; (g) Attacks, murders, harassment, death threats, arbitrary arrests and detentions, and disproportionate penalties and restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and movement of women human rights defenders and their families by State and non-State actors as a means of exerting pressure on them to stop their human rights work, as well as failure by the State to prevent such violations, provide adequate protection and medical and psychological care to victims, bring perpetrators to justice promptly and provide adequate compensation; (h) Violations of the right to health, including reproductive health, of women, especially low-income and marginalized women in rural areas and women displaced by conflict, and discrimination on the basis of HIV-positive status, including denial of antenatal and post-natal care and care at the time of delivery, as well as high rates of maternal mortality caused by poor, inaccessible and inadequately funded health care and facilities; (i) Stereotypical attitudes and discriminatory policies towards women, including non-remunerated women caregivers; (j) Denial of visas for visits of spouses of foreign male inmates. 7. During its consideration of all communications, including the replies of Governments thereon, and consideration of the question whether any of these appeared to reveal a consistent pattern of reliably attested injustice and discriminatory practices against women, the Working Group expressed its concern about: 09-28398 43