A/HRC/44/51/Add.1 (l) Provide comprehensive, age-appropriate, scientifically based sexuality education, based on the principles of gender equality and human rights, and remove any stereotypical teaching material and content from the school curriculum; (m) Design, in cooperation with Roma communities, improved integration policies for girls’ education, avoiding ghettoization, and bridge the gap for Roma girls in secondary and higher education by means of targeted results-based programmes; (n) Take steps to implement measures to ensure equal access for girls and women to all levels of education in all regions, in particular for girls belonging to all minority groups, including through temporary special measures in accordance with article 4 (1) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and general recommendation No. 25 (2004) on temporary special measures of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women; 91. With regard to the participation of women in political and public life, the Working Group recommends that the Government apply temporary special measures to bring a gender balance to public administration, including at the highest levels, at the national, regional and municipal levels. 92. With regard to combating violence against women, the Working Group recommends that the Government: (a) Increase prevention efforts that also consider the diversity of women in Greece and their specific needs, especially the needs of those who are facing intersecting forms of discrimination or those who are in vulnerable situations, such as minority, migrant and refugee women, women with disabilities, older women, lesbian and transgender women and intersex persons; (b) Ensure universal access to high-quality services for victims/survivors of gender-based violence and access to justice for them, in particular women in vulnerable situations, such as women belonging to minority groups, including access to adequate shelters and long-term support; (c) Deploy the dedicated domestic violence units recently established by the national police throughout the country as quickly as possible. 93. With regard to marginalized groups of women experiencing greater vulnerability and exclusion, the Working Group recommends that: (a) External donors, including the European Union, ensure that their support addresses the needs of women migrants and refugees; (b) Greece ensure the meaningful participation of refugee and asylumseeking women in decision-making on matters affecting their lives in the camps, or in any closed or open facility in which they are held or housed, ensuring that they are treated with dignity and respect; (c) Greece regularly monitor and review the health, safety and living conditions of refugee and asylum-seeking women and ensure access to appropriate and high-quality services for them. 20

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