A/HRC/8/36 Page 14 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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