A/HRC/35/10 collection and protection, including data disaggregated by various grounds. OHCHR in Guatemala has conducted studies and published manuals on racial, ethnic and gender-based discrimination against indigenous women. 56. Civil society organizations have also conducted research on the issue. In its submission, the European Network against Racism reported that it and civil society organizations in France and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland had published a variety of reports exclusively on or containing information about discrimination and violence against women and girls based on various grounds. C. Monitoring and protection 57. Some countries have put in place or expanded national and multilateral mechanisms for monitoring and protection in order to improve the access of specific groups of women and girls to medical assistance, justice and protection from violence. Turkey has established a support programme for women and girl survivors of human trafficking that provides them with access to health, psychosocial support, legal and social services, education and training, access to the labour market, material support and information. In Mexico, the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous People offers training to advocates from indigenous communities, translators and public servants on the recent reforms of the penal system. At May 2016, the Commission facilitated the release of 386 indigenous women from prison. 58. Canada, Mexico and the United States of America have established the North American Working Group on Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls. In the context of this initiative, the United States of America launched the first crisis line for Alaska native survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and released the first set of uniform clinical care guidelines for the identification of and response to intimate partner violence within a system of medical care and referral that is patient-centred, culturally sensitive and trauma-informed. The United States of America also provides funding to States and State and tribal coalitions to develop more effective responses to violence against women from American Indian and Alaska native populations, and specific cultural and linguistic populations. D. Capacity-building of professional categories 59. In their submissions, some States explained that they were implementing initiatives to address discrimination and violence against specific groups of women and girls by building the capacity of the judiciary, law enforcement agencies and health-care providers in the use of gender- and culturally sensitive approaches. The United States of America trained and provided technical assistance for crime victim service providers and allied professionals to address language and cultural barriers that intersect with gender in policing, as well as other intersectional issues throughout the criminal justice system. Mexico sought to strengthen indigenous women’s access to justice by building the capacity not only of the judiciary but also of translators and advocates from indigenous communities. Mexico has also developed a module for providing culturally sensitive obstetric health services to its indigenous and Afro-descendent populations. Spain has designed a protocol for assistance provided in the context of violence against women in the Roma community, which includes measures to build the capacity of technical personnel working on the issue. The protocol was part of the national strategy for the social inclusion of the Roma population in Spain. 14

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