and priorities of girls in high-risk situations who have
difficulties accessing services and programmes;
study on all forms of violence against women
include explicit attention to girls at all levels;
(l) Increase education and training among teachers
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and health service providers in identifying acts of
violence against the girl child, and ensure that they
also take action to eradicate all forms of violence
against the girl child, including customary and traditional practices that are harmful to the health of
the girl child;
(a) Build awareness of the risks encountered by girls in
the context of migration, particularly in the context
of irregular migration, such as sexual and labour
exploitation, migrant smuggling and trafficking in
persons, and develop gender-sensitive migration
policies and training programmes for law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and service providers
that ensure the delivery of proper and professional
interventions for girl migrants who are subjected to
abuse and violence;
(m) Take measures to protect girls in juvenile detention
facilities from all forms of physical, psychological
or sexual violence and abuse and ensure that the
detention or incarceration of girls shall be used
only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest
appropriate period of time;
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(b) Effectively promote and protect the human rights
and fundamental freedoms of girl migrants, regardless of their immigration status, and facilitate
family reunification in an expeditious and effective
manner, with due regard for applicable laws;
Trafficking
(a) Take appropriate measures to ensure that all efforts
aimed at combating trafficking in persons are
gender- and child-sensitive, including in actions to
address the factors that increase vulnerability to
being trafficked, such as poverty and gender inequality, and to eliminate the demand that fosters all
forms of exploitation of women and girls that leads
to trafficking, and where girls are identified in situations of exploitation take all appropriate measures
to remove them from harm and protect them without delay;
14.13.
Empowering girls
(a) Promote people-centred sustainable development,
including sustained economic growth, through the
provision of basic education, lifelong education,
literacy and training, and health care for all girls and
women, and assist girls to secure economic independence, particularly girls heading households;
(b) Facilitate girls’ empowerment, including through
(b) Strengthen and improve international coopera-
developing and adequately funding safe and supportive spaces, promoting mentoring and networking among women leaders and girls at all levels,
peer education programmes, life skills programmes,
and other gender-sensitive youth-friendly services,
and provide enhanced opportunities for girls, particularly adolescent girls, to meet and interact with
their peers and develop leadership capacities and
networking opportunities;
tion and coordination, including regional efforts in
the fight against trafficking in persons, especially
women and girls, in order to prevent trafficking;
protect, assist, rehabilitate and reintegrate victims;
and prosecute and punish offenders in accordance
with due process of law on the basis of the principles of shared responsibility, respect for human
rights and the active cooperation of countries of
origin, transit and destination and other relevant
actors thereto;
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Migration
(c) Invest in awareness campaigns, and provide educa-
tion and training, including specialized training on
violence, gender issues, discrimination and human
rights, to parents and legal guardians, families, political, religious, traditional and community leaders, and
all professions relevant to the protection and empowerment of girls, including educators, social workers,
police officers, judges, lawyers, prosecutors and the
Girls in high-risk situations
Actively support girls vulnerable to all forms of
discrimination and violence, including through the
allocation of appropriate financial resources and targeted, innovative programmes that address the needs
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