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10.
Further urges States to take effective measures in support of the right of
indigenous peoples, without discrimination, to the improvement of their economic and
social conditions, including in, inter alia, the areas of education, employment, vocational
training and retraining, housing, sanitation, health and social security, as referred to in the
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
11.
Encourages States to adopt and strengthen sound policies, enforceable
legislation and transformative actions for the promotion of gender equality and women’s
and girls’ empowerment at all levels, including of indigenous women and girls, to promote
their equal rights, access to and opportunities for participation and leadership in the
economy and access to economic activities, to increase their level of employment, and to
implement measures such as training, the provision of technical assistance and credit
facilities to eliminate gender-based violence and discrimination in all its forms;
12.
Also encourages States to improve the collection, harmonization and use of
data disaggregated by sex, and administrative data, including, where appropriate, from the
police, the health sector and the judiciary, on incidents of all forms of violence against
women and girls, including against indigenous women and girls, such as data on the
relationship between the perpetrator and victim and geographic location, ensuring that
confidentiality and ethical and safety considerations are taken into account in the process of
data collection, and improving the effectiveness of the services and programmes provided
and protecting the safety and security of the victim;
13.
Encourages the media to examine the impact of gender-role stereotypes,
including those perpetuated by commercial advertisements that foster gender-based
violence and inequalities, to promote zero tolerance for such violence and to remove the
stigma of being a victim and survivor of violence, thus creating an enabling and accessible
environment where women and girls can easily report incidents of violence and make use
of the services available, including protection and assistance programmes;
14.
Calls upon States to take effective action to respond to violence against
women and girls, including indigenous women and girls, and to protect all victims and
survivors by:
(a)
Taking practical and concrete steps to create an enabling environment where
women and girls can easily report incidents of violence, including by providing law
enforcement officials, health-care providers and other first responders with human rights
training to ensure services that are responsive to trauma and free from discrimination;
(b)
Adopting and funding policy reforms and programmes, and support
education, in order to sensitize, train and strengthen the capacity of public officials and
professionals, including the judiciary, the police and the military, as well as those working
in the areas of education, health, social welfare, justice, defence and immigration; and
holding public officials accountable for not complying with laws and regulations relating to
violence against women and girls, in order to prevent and respond to such violence in a
gender-sensitive manner, to end impunity and to avoid the abuse of power leading to
violence against women and the revictimization of victims and survivors;
(c)
Establishing, as appropriate, comprehensive, coordinated, interdisciplinary,
accessible and sustained multisectoral services, programmes and responses at all levels,
with the support of all available technologies, for all victims and survivors of all forms of
violence against women and girls based on their needs, that are adequately resourced and
include effective and coordinated action by, as appropriate, the police and the justice sector,
legal aid services, health-care services, including sexual and reproductive health, and
medical, psychological and other counselling services, including specialist services as
appropriate, State and independent women’s shelters and counselling centres, 24-hour
hotlines, social aid services, one-stop crisis centres, immigration services, child services,
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