C. C
reation of linkages and cooperation
with regard to particular forms of
violence against women
including credit, medical, psychological and other
counselling services, as well as focus on vocational
skill training for women victims of violence that
enables them to find a means of subsistence;
• Provide resources for the strengthening of legal
Actions to be taken by Governments:
mechanisms for prosecuting those who commit
acts of violence against women and girls, and for
the rehabilitation of victims;
• Consider, where appropriate, formulating bilateral,
subregional and regional agreements to promote
and protect the rights of migrant workers, especially women and girls;
• Support and encourage partnerships for the estab-
lishment 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;
• Develop bilateral, subregional, regional and inter-
national agreements and protocols to combat all
forms of trafficking in women and girls, and assist
victims of violence resulting from prostitution and
trafficking;
• Consider increasing contributions for national,
• Improve international information exchange on
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;
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;
• 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;
• 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-mainstreaming for alleviating
gender-based violence against women, and have
contributed actively to promoting the human
rights of women.
• 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.
D. Legal measures
Actions to be taken by Governments:
• Ensure the gender-sensitive development of an
integrated framework that includes criminal, civil,
evidentiary and procedural provisions and that
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