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continue to educate and at the same time do law enforcement and pass regular laws, which need to
be backed by policy programmes with sufficient budgetary allocations. As a developing country,
Ghana faces constraints arising out of the price of oil and the price of food. As the economy
improves Ghana can distribute increased resources. It noted that a Property Rights for Spouses Bill
is being drafted by the Attorney-General’s office in collaboration with stakeholders. Ghana has also
introduced gender responsive budgeting and is mainstreaming gender within the entire process of
governance.
II. CONCLUSIONS AND/OR RECOMMENDATIONS
68. In the course of the discussion, the following recommendations were made to Ghana:
1.
To take the necessary measures in order to reinforce the campaign against
discriminatory practices and violence against women (France); to strengthen its
efforts in protecting women’s rights (Switzerland) and to take further steps to
address discrimination against women and vulnerable groups, including
children (United Kingdom); to take proactive measures to ensure the equality
of women in all matters related to property inheritance (Hungary) and call for
the international community to provide full technical and financial support as
a way of improving the national machinery for the advancement of women
(Algeria);
2.
To strengthen the funding for implementation (Czech Republic) and to
effectively implement the 2007 Domestic Violence Act and strengthen the
funding and improve the functioning of the Domestic Violence and Victim
Support Units within the Police Service (Italy);
3.
To adopt necessary steps to ensure that victims of violence are not obliged to
pay costs of their medical examination and that trials of alleged perpetrators
take place in due time to avoid their release in accordance with Art. 14 (4) of
the Constitution, which may amount to impunity of perpetrators (Czech
Republic);
4.
To further strengthen judicial structures, adopt measures against corruption in
the judiciary and introduce more education and training for police, courts and
social services to ensure their effective and appropriate reaction to all cases of
domestic as well as other kinds of violence against women (Czech Republic); to
complete the reform of the judicial system (Switzerland);
5.
To adopt legislative and other necessary measures including awareness-raising
campaigns against harmful traditional practices and stereotypes (Czech
Republic); to continue to eradicate cultural practices that violated the rights of
women and girls (Mexico); to introduce measures to eliminate or modify
customs and harmful traditional practices that discriminate against women,
eliminate FGM, put an end to harmful widowhood rites and implement
protective measures for this group in relation to eviction and inheritance, and
halt the practice of trokosi (Canada); to establish and implement concrete
measures in conformity with CEDAW to modify and eliminate customs and
cultural and harmful traditional practices that discriminate against women
(Slovenia); to take necessary measures to ensure that the prohibition of FGM
has the desired effect on the ground (Ireland); to adopt concrete grassroots
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