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65.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development offers an opportunity to address
existing gaps through the implementation of, inter alia, its goals directed towards the
promotion of gender equality and women’s empowerment, peaceful and inclusive
societies and reducing inequality. To deliver on the promise of the 2030 Agenda to
leave no-one behind, the High Commissioner recommends that:
(a)
National legal frameworks expressly and consistently prohibit
intersecting forms of discrimination against women and girls, and protect the rights of
women and girls affected by them;
(b)
All laws, policies and practices that legalize and facilitate direct and
indirect discrimination and violence against women and girls based on multiple
grounds, including race, ethnicity, gender or religion, be abolished, and that nondiscriminatory implementation of laws, including those on nationality and citizenship,
be ensured;
(c)
Women and girls affected by intersecting forms of discrimination and
violence be afforded equal access to justice and effective means of redress, and
gender-sensitive, intercultural and quality education and health services, including
sexual and reproductive health services and information;
(d)
Intersectional analysis be applied in the planning and allocation of public
resources, as well as in the design, implementation and review of legislation, policies
and programmes, in such areas as migration, development, employment, social
protection, poverty reduction, health, education, gender equality, violence against
women, racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia, to expose, prevent and respond
effectively to the intersecting forms of discrimination and violence faced by women
and girls;
(e)
The participation of women and girls affected by intersecting forms of
discrimination and violence be encouraged in public life, collective bargaining and at
all levels of policymaking and decision-making processes, including political and
institutional, through positive legal measures, affirmative action policies and access to
information about rights and entitlements;
(f)
Systematic and continuous efforts be made to sensitize and build the
capacity of professional categories, including the judiciary, the police, border guards,
health and education personnel, the public administration, employers and others, to
address discriminatory attitudes and stereotypes, to develop an understanding of the
intersecting forms of discrimination and violence affecting women and girls, and to
apply rights-based and gender and culturally sensitive methods;
(g)
Legislation, policies and targeted measures be adopted to economically
empower women and girls affected by intersecting forms of discrimination and
violence by providing employment opportunities, ensuring labour rights, education,
training and skills development, access to land, water and financial resources, and
gender-sensitive social protection and care services;
(h)
Monitoring, reporting and protection mechanisms, as well as services,
such as emergency helplines, shelters, health and legal services, psychosocial support
and trauma counselling, be put in place to assist and safeguard women and girls at
risk;
(i)
National laws, capacities and procedures be strengthened for
interpreting grounds of persecution and granting asylum, thereby facilitating
international protection for women and girls facing persecution based on a
combination of factors, including gender and race, which are often rendered invisible;
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