A/HRC/10/59 page 26 3. Preventing the (re-) recruitment of children by armed actors and socially reintegrating children associated with armed actors 99. All parties to the conflict must cease any new recruitment of children and release unconditionally all those currently associated with their forces. They must prepare, in the framework of Security Council resolution 1612 (2005), action plans to identify, release and ensure effective and sustainable reintegration of all children associated with their forces, to prevent further recruitment and to address all other grave violations against children. Reintegration strategies should be community-based and in line with the Paris Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups. 100. Demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) processes need to include procedures to recognize and assist women and girls associated with armed groups, in particular survivors of sexual violence. To mitigate the re-recruitment of children due in part to insufficient reintegration support from earlier DDR processes, all stakeholders, including relevant government institutions, United Nations entities, NGOs and donors, should ensure the provision of flexible and multi-year funding. 101. The Governments of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighbouring countries should enhance their cooperation to prevent cross-border recruitment and to ensure the successful repatriation and reintegration of children formerly associated with groups in the DRC to their countries of origin. To help address cross-border dimensions of the conflict and implications for children, United Nations country teams and peacekeeping operations should develop a joint strategy to monitor and report on grave child rights violations by groups such as LRA. 4. Protecting women’s rights and ensuring gender equality in law and society 102. There are clear indications that violence against women will remain pervasive even once armed conflict ends and relative stability has been established. Building on existing initiatives, while enhancing their coordination, donors should therefore continue to address violence against women and support to its survivors as a priority. Government initiatives with clear and tangible objectives such as the roadmap to fight impunity for sexual violence of the Ministry of Justice are worth supporting. The formation of specialized police units is another area that deserves donor support. Particular emphasis should lie on the hitherto largely neglected and underfunded area of socio-economic reintegration of survivors of rape. Programs should not only cover the eastern provinces but also other parts of the country with high prevalence of violence against women and involve local women organisations. 103. The Ministry of Gender, Family and Children is drawing up essential legislation to reform the Family Code and implement the gender parity provision of the Constitution. Beyond technical advice, donors should support advocacy and awareness-raising programmes to make sure that these draft laws will be passed by parliament and signed into law.