A/HRC/47/38 1. Prioritize sexual and reproductive health rights 76. The Working Group recommends that States: (a) Recognize the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls as essential and fully integrate them into crisis prevention, response, assessment, management, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction plans; (b) Adhere to the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, at a minimum, and ensure timely access to life-saving medicines and interventions; (c) Address the unmet need for reliable sexual and reproductive health information, goods and services in situations of crisis, including through temporary special measures, and tackle misinformation to ensure informed and autonomous decision-making; (d) Ensure the safety and decent working conditions of health-care workers in local communities, including midwives, at all times and especially in situations of crisis, while promoting midwifery and other forms of community-based care and support; (e) Expand the availability of sexual and reproductive health services, including through telemedicine and mobile clinics, to reach diverse populations, including women and girls with disabilities, those living in rural areas and adolescent girls; (f) Invest in and build the resilience of physical infrastructure, including water and sanitation, public transportation and telecommunications, and health systems, to ensure the continued availability of sexual and reproductive health services for all women and girls, taking a gender-responsive approach; (g) Leverage existing institutional arrangements, networks and facilities to ensure the distribution of sexual and reproductive health commodities and information in local communities, including through transportation services, the postal services and libraries; (h) Increase public funding for community-based organizations focusing on the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls and on meeting the increased demand for services; (i) Meet the threshold of 0.7 per cent gross national income for official development assistance and cooperation, without harmful restrictions on sexual and reproductive health rights, and make the provision of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health goods and services a core component of humanitarian aid programmes. 2. Eliminate discriminatory laws, policies and practices 77. The Working Group recommends that States: (a) Ensure access to a full range of contraceptive information and services for women and girls, including emergency contraceptives, and increase their availability in situations of crisis; (b) Decriminalize abortion, expand access to safe abortion services, including medical abortion and post abortion care, and remove legal barriers to abortion in situations of crisis; (c) Ensure timely access to maternal health services and emergency obstetric care, including treatment for pregnancy-related morbidities, without surveillance and reporting requirements that violate individual privacy, and establish safeguards to prevent and redress obstetric violence; (d) Conduct a national audit to assess the sexual and reproductive health needs of women and girls, including neglected issues linked to violence and period poverty, and develop a coherent and gender-responsive legal and policy framework, 20