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(f) To provide or facilitate the provision of adequate training, inter alia,
gender-awareness training, to all professionals who deal with domestic violence, in
particular with victims of domestic violence, police officers, judicial and legal
personnel, health personnel, educators, youth workers and social workers;
(g) To provide or facilitate the provision of assistance to victims of domestic
violence in lodging police reports and receiving treatment and support, which may
include the setting up of one-stop centres, as well as the establishment of safe
shelters and centres for victims of domestic violence;
(h) To protect women in the process of seeking redress from further
victimization because of gender-insensitive laws or practices;
(i) To establish and/or strengthen police response protocols and procedures
to ensure that all appropriate actions are taken to protect victims of domestic
violence and to prevent further acts of domestic violence;
(j) To take measures to ensure the protection of women subjected to
violence, access to just and effective remedies, inter alia, through compensation and
indemnification and healing of victims, and the rehabilitation of perpetrators;
(k) To intensify efforts to raise collective and individual awareness about
violence against women, including through human rights education, to highlight the
role of men and boys in the prevention and elimination of domestic violence against
women, and to encourage and support initiatives to promote attitudinal and
behavioural change on the part of, and the rehabilitation of, perpetrators of violence
against women;
(l) To encourage the efforts of the media to engage in awareness-raising
campaigns;
(m) To take all measures to empower women and strengthen their economic
independence, including through equal remuneration for equal work, and increased
job opportunities for women, as well as equal access to and control over economic
resources, including land, credit, microcredit and traditional saving schemes such as
women’s banks and cooperatives, and by ensuring property rights and the right to
inheritance, with a view to reducing women’s vulnerability to all forms of violence,
including domestic violence;
(n) Not to invoke any custom, tradition or religious consideration to avoid
their obligations to eliminate violence against women;
(o) To consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;2
(p) That are parties to the Convention to include in their reports to the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women information on
legal and policy measures adopted and implemented in their efforts to prevent and
eliminate domestic violence against women and to cross-reference that information,
where appropriate, in reports to other human rights treaty bodies;
(q) To cooperate closely with relevant specialized agencies and United
Nations funds and programmes, as well as with regional intergovernmental
organizations, as appropriate, and relevant community and non-governmental
organizations, including women’s organizations, in an effort to eliminate violence
against women;
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