A/RES/79/158 Child, early and forced marriage accelerate the implementation of laws, policies and programmes that protect and enable the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, including reproductive rights, in accordance with the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, the Beijing Platform for Action and the outcome documents of their review conferences; 26. Urges States to formulate or review, as needed, appropriate policies, programmes or strategies in order to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage, and address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and violence, including domestic violence, which may occur against women and girls subjected to child, early and forced marriage, as well as strengthen child protection systems and social work programmes through gender-responsive and age-sensitive policies and provide targets and timetables for implementation, while paying special attention to girls with disabilities, Indigenous girls and girls in vulnerable situations, including girls facing social and economic exclusion, and those living in rural and remote areas; 27. Also urges States to uphold the human rights of all women and girls with disabilities, and recognizes that disability can increase the risk of child, early and forced marriage, and the importance of ensuring that services and programmes designed to prevent and eliminate child, early and forced marriage are inclusive of, accessible to and proactively engage with women and girls with disabilities; 28. Further urges States to ensure access to justice and accountability mechanisms and remedies for the effective implementation and enforcement of laws aimed at preventing and eliminating child, early and forced marriage, including by working towards the elimination of loopholes in customary and other laws, where they exist, and by informing women, girls and boys about their rights under relevant laws, including in marriage and at its dissolution, improving legal infrastructure, removing all legal, practical, economic and structural barriers to access to legal counselling, assistance and remedies, and ensuring accountability for perpetrators and protection against retribution or physical or psychological pressure, emphasizing the importance of providing access to justice and accessible legal aid services, training law enforcement officers, the judiciary and prof essionals working with women and children, ensuring oversight of the handling of cases of child, early and forced marriage and ensuring that victims never face criminalization in relation to any marriage into which they may be forced; 29. Calls upon States, with the collaboration of relevant stakeholders, to ensure that emergency response and recovery plans are comprehensive, participatory, age- and gender-sensitive, disability-inclusive and adequately funded, promote inclusive, gender-equal and sustainable economies and societies, eliminate inequality, discrimination and exclusion, and eradicate poverty, including extreme poverty, which are among the root causes of child, early and forced marriage; 30. Also calls upon States to mitigate the impact of emergencies and improve on response measures by strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders working at the local and national levels, which are often best placed to reach communities, to continue their essential work with girls, families and local communities to prevent and respond to child, early and forced marriage, particularly those working with communities in vulnerable situations; 31. Further calls upon States to mitigate the effects of armed conflicts and disasters by expanding programmes that protect against economic shocks and to continue to monitor their impact on the prevalence of child, early and forced marriage as a way of coping with these challenges and in relation to changes in gender roles, including in care and domestic work, non-return to school, hindered access to services, rates of early, frequent and unintended pregnancy and the economic situation of families; 12/15 24-24151