(k)
To intensify efforts to raise collective and individual awareness about violence
against women and girls, to highlight the role of men and boys, and encourage and support
men and boys to take an active part in the prevention and elimination of 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 develop and/or enhance, including through funding, training programmes
for judicial, legal, medical, social, educational, police, correctional service, military,
peacekeeping, humanitarian relief and immigration personnel, in order to prevent the abuse of
power leading to violence against women and to sensitize such personnel to the nature of
gender-based acts and threats of violence;
(m)
To examine the impact of, and take measures to address, gender role
stereotypes that contribute to the prevalence of violence against women, including in
cooperation with the United Nations system, regional organizations, civil society, the media
and other relevant actors;
(n)
To consider establishing appropriate national mechanisms for monitoring and
evaluating implementation of measures taken to eliminate violence against women and girls,
including through the use of national indicators, and to mainstream a gender perspective in
budget policies and processes at all levels;
16.
Strongly condemns violence against women committed in situations of armed
conflict, such as murder, rape, including systematic rape, sexual slavery and forced
pregnancy, and calls for effective responses to these violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law;
17.
Takes note of work already undertaken to implement Security Council
resolution 1325 (2000) on women, peace and security, and urges continued efforts towards its
full implementation;
18.
Acknowledges the inclusion of gender-related crimes in the Rome Statute of the
International Criminal Court and in the Elements of Crimes, adopted by the Assembly of
State Parties to the Rome Statute in September 2002, and urges States to ratify or accede to
the Rome Statute, which entered into force on 1 July 2002;
19.
Stresses the importance of efforts to eliminate impunity for violence against
women and girls in situations of armed conflict, including by prosecuting gender-related
crimes and crimes of sexual violence by providing protective measures, counselling and other
appropriate assistance, to victims and witnesses in international and internationally-supported
courts and tribunals, by integrating a gender perspective into all efforts to eliminate impunity,
including into commissions of inquiry and commissions for achieving truth and
reconciliation, and invites the Special Rapporteur to report, as appropriate, on these
mechanisms;
20.
Urges States to provide gender-sensitive training to all actors, as appropriate,
in peacekeeping missions in dealing with victims, particularly women and girls, of violence,
including sexual violence and, in this regard, acknowledges the important role of peace
support operations personnel in eliminating violence against women, and calls upon States to
promote, and relevant agencies of the United Nations system and regional organizations to
ensure, implementation of the Ten Rules Code of Personal Conduct for Blue Helmets;
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