E/2010/27 E/CN.6/2010/11 (f) Serious and systematic violations of the human rights of women and girls, some of which target specific groups, including harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention, cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, rape, torture, killings and so called “honour” crimes, as well as failure by States, resulting in a climate of impunity, to exercise due diligence to prevent such violations and to adequately and in a timely manner investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators, and failure to provide adequate protection and support for victims and their families; (g) Intimidation, harassment, death threats against women human rights defenders, and disproportionate penalties and restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression of women human rights defenders and of the press when reporting on women’s rights violations, by State and non-State actors as a means of exerting pressure on them to stop their human rights work, as well as failure by States to exercise due diligence to prevent such violations, and to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators and failure to provide adequate protection to women human rights defenders; (h) Violations of the right to health, including sexual and reproductive health, of women, especially indigenous, low-income and marginalized women in rural areas, including discrimination in access to care, denial of antenatal, post-natal care and care at the time of delivery, as well as failure to take appropriate measures to prevent and reduce high rates of maternal mortality caused by poor, inaccessible and inadequately funded health care and facilities; (i) Impact of legislation and practices that discriminate against women in the areas of: (i) Civil and political rights, especially right to privacy, freedom of speech and expression, freedom of movement, and participation in decision-making processes and in public life on an equal basis with men; (ii) Personal status, including marriage and divorce; (iii) The right to own and inherit property; (iv) Employment, including equal pay and other forms of discrimination in the workplace; (j) Denial of visas for visits of spouses of foreign male inmates. 8. During its consideration of all communications, including the replies of Governments thereon, and consideration of the question whether any of these appeared to reveal a consistent pattern of reliably attested injustice and discriminatory practices against women, the Working Group expressed its concern about: (a) Violence against women and girls, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture, killings and domestic violence, as well as mistreatment of women human rights defenders; (b) Forced and early marriage and harmful traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation and their adverse effects on the full enjoyment by women and girls of their fundamental rights; 90 10-30576