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have zero tolerance for all forms of violence against women in politics, including in digital
contexts;
10.
Calls upon States to take immediate and effective action to prevent all forms
of violence against women and girls by:
(a)
Developing, reviewing and strengthening inclusive policies, including by
allocating adequate resources to address the historical, structural and underlying causes,
including unequal power relations and gender stereotypes, negative social norms, attitudes
and behaviours, and risk factors of violence against women and girls, and ensuring that laws
and policies are harmonized to address widespread violence against women and girls and are
implemented in compliance with their international human rights obligations;
(b)
Ensuring the early, full, effective and meaningful participation of women and
girls, including victims and survivors of violence, in the development and implementation of
gender-responsive national policies, legislation, action plans, programmes, projects and
strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls in the world of work, creating
monitoring and accountability mechanisms to ensure implementation of gender-responsive
policies and regulations, and analysing the gender impact of such policies in consultation and
collaboration with women’s and civil society organizations and gender equality advocates;
(c)
Supporting initiatives undertaken by, inter alia, relevant international and nongovernmental organizations, civil society actors, the private sector, social media companies,
digital technology companies, faith and community groups, religious leaders, politicians,
parliamentarians, journalists and other media workers, human rights defenders, including
women human rights defenders, indigenous leaders and groups, labour unions, girls’ and
youth-led organizations and other relevant actors, as part of their efforts to develop targeted
and accessible responses, programmes and policies, including by allocating adequate
resources aimed at promoting gender equality and at preventing, responding to and protecting
women and girls from all forms of violence;
(d)
Urging employers to prevent violence in the workplace and to protect the safety
and health of employees as part of their duty of care by adopting and implementing an
inclusive policy on violence prevention with the meaningful and effective participation of
employees and their representatives, establishing processes for employees to share
information in confidence, identifying and mitigating risks of all forms of violence, including
in digital contexts, and providing information and training to all employees and managers on
the prevention of violence;
(e)
Developing and implementing educational programmes and teaching materials
that raise awareness about violence in the world of work, including through evidence-based
comprehensive sexuality education, consistent with the evolving capacities of the child, that
explains consent, respect for boundaries and what constitutes unacceptable behaviour, inter
alia, sexual harassment and gender-based violence, and promotes the development of
respectful relationships in the world of work based on gender equality and human rights;
(f)
Enacting and enforcing the necessary legislative or other measures, with the
full, effective and meaningful participation of relevant stakeholders, including employers,
workers, unions and civil society organizations, to prevent and eliminate violence in the
world of work, to end impunity and to ensure effective reparations, including to promote reentry into the labour market for victims and survivors of violence;
(g)
Adopting or strengthening measures to respect, protect and fulfil the human
rights of all women and girls, including those engaged in unpaid work, working in the
informal sector and in conflict and post-conflict settings, and domestic and migrant workers,
to prevent discrimination and violence in the world of work;
(h)
Developing and implementing national criminal justice legislation, policies
and programmes that take into account the important role and specific needs of women and
girls, and promoting gender-responsive measures in crime prevention and protection policies;
11.
Also calls upon States to take immediate and effective action to respond to all
forms of violence against women and girls, and to support and protect all victims and
survivors by:
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