A/HRC/40/12 121.140 Continue the work to ensure the equal rights and opportunities for women (Russian Federation); 121.141 Continue efforts to fight gender violence, especially violence against women (Tunisia); 121.142 Increase efforts in favour of gender equality and combat discrimination against women, addressing issues such as sexual violence, early and forced marriages, women’s participation in public administration and women’s access to education (Uruguay); 121.143 Guarantee the participation and inclusion of women, youth, members of civil society and traditional and religious leaders in the negotiations for peace (Argentina); 121.144 Continue efforts to increase the presence of women in the decisionmaking process (Cameroon); 121.145 Establish a warning mechanism to combat forced and early marriages (France); 121.146 Continue ongoing efforts to promote the rights of women (Egypt); 121.147 Continue efforts to combat female genital mutilation and other harmful traditional practices (Morocco); 121.148 Continue to combat violence against women and combat the practice of harmful surgeries regarding female genital organs that occurs in the country (Russian Federation); 121.149 Adopt legal provisions criminalizing marital rape (Iceland); 121.150 Continue efforts regarding the fight against gender-based violence (Cameroon); 121.151 Take steps to eradicate female genital mutilation and to raise awareness against this harmful practice among the different ethnic groups (Croatia); 121.152 Strengthen measures to combat the phenomenon of female genital mutilation (Cyprus); 121.153 Thoroughly investigate and prosecute all cases of sexual violence committed against women and girls (Sierra Leone); 121.154 Intensify the efforts to prosecute acts of violence and provide with additional means the Joint Unit for Rapid Intervention and the Suppression of Sexual Violence against Women and Children so that it can offer support services to the victims (Spain); 121.155 Ensure implementation of and ongoing funding for the National Action Plan for the Implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1325, thereby guaranteeing, in particular, medical, psychological and legal services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence and assuring participation of women at every stage of the political processes (Netherlands); 121.156 Take further effective measures to address all forms of sexual violence against women and girls (Nepal); 121.157 Intensify efforts to address sexual and gender-based violence by ensuring that the Joint Unit for Rapid Intervention and the Suppression of Sexual Violence against Women and Children has the necessary capacity to perform its tasks (Lithuania); 121.158 Intensify measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence against women and girls, including sexual violence, with a victim-centred approach; and increasing human and financial resources for implementation (Honduras); GE.19-00176 19