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51.
Colombia and the United States of America had developed multisectoral strategies
to address intersectional violence against women and girls. Through a comprehensive
multisectoral strategy, Colombia aimed to respond to the needs of survivors of sexual
violence in the context of the conflict by means of access to justice, disaggregated
information, integrated assistance, and prevention, protection and reparation directed in
particular to specific groups women, such as indigenous persons, the Roma and AfroColombians. The United States of America was implementing a multi-partner and
participatory initiative that brought together a variety of actors from the State, tribal law
communities and a non-governmental organization working specifically on the issue of
violence against native women, in the first-ever tribal human trafficking task force.
B.
Disaggregated data and research
52.
The Durban Declaration recognizes the need to develop a more systematic and
consistent approach to evaluating and monitoring racial discrimination against women, and
also the disadvantages, obstacles and difficulties that women face in the full exercise and
enjoyment of their civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights because of racism,
racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. Data and research are crucial for
the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies and resource
allocation that are informed by the needs of women and girls facing intersectional
discrimination and violence. Data collection should be systematic, and integrate criteria
beyond sex and age.
53.
Albania, Colombia, Spain and the United States of America were making an effort
to strengthen the collection of data based on various grounds. In Colombia, data on
discrimination and violence against women and girls were disaggregated on various
grounds and collected by the Observatory against Discrimination and Racism, an integrated
system on gender-based violence and a national survey on discrimination, the first of its
kind. In the United States of America, the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission required businesses with 100 or more employees to submit
summary pay data disaggregated by sex and race or ethnicity, thereby helping to focus
public enforcement of non-discrimination laws. In Albania, the Ministry of Social Welfare
and Youth was improving its data collection on specific groups of women, including Roma
or other groups of women. The State also produced statistics on primary and secondary
education enrolments that were disaggregated by various variables. Spain has made efforts
to determine the number of women who benefited from its Roma development programme
through the collection of data disaggregated by sex.
54.
Some States reported that they were conducting research on issues related to
violence against women and girls from indigenous communities. Mexico had published a
study on intimate partner violence experienced by indigenous women in three regions in
Mexico.33 In the United States of America, the National Institute for Justice had
commissioned research to address gaps in evidence on the prevalence of violence against
American Indian and Alaska native women living in Indian Country and Alaska Native
villages.34
55.
OHCHR is developing a set of principles and guidelines on the human rights
protection of migrants in a vulnerable situation that will include a principle on data
33
34
Instituto nacional de la Mujeres, “Violencia de pareja en mujeres indígenas de tres regiones de la
República Mexicana 2011”.
See National Institute of Justice, Violence against Indian Women National Baseline Study, 21
January 2015.
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