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effectively and equitably implemented so that forms of violence against women from
marginalized racial and ethnic groups are punished and remedied, thereby addressing
impunity;
(v)
Take targeted steps to address the disproportionately high levels of
violence, including sexual violence, against women from marginalized racial and ethnic
groups;
(w) Take measures, in line with the recommendations of relevant human
rights bodies, including the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against
Women,20 to urgently legalize abortion, decriminalize it in all cases and ensure that
women and girls have adequate access to safe abortion and post-abortion services in
order to guarantee the full realization of their rights, equality, and economic and bodily
autonomy;
(x)
Take further steps to prevent, address and remedy all cases of obstetric
violence against women from marginalized racial and ethnic groups, including by
expanding the training of healthcare professionals;
(y)
Step up measures to address high maternal mortality rates and ensure
that specific attention is given to addressing the disproportionate impact on women
from marginalized racial and ethnic groups;
(z)
Expand efforts to provide psychosocial support to mothers and other
family members who are victims of systemic police brutality. Ensure that such
psychosocial support reaches all affected women and is implemented alongside actions
to address the root causes of State violence;
6.
Poverty and racial discrimination in the realization of economic and social rights
(aa) Continue the Bolsa Família programme and ensure that it reaches all
persons from racial and ethnic groups who experience poverty and food insecurity;
(bb) Implement other measures, alongside the Bolsa Família programme, to
address the root causes of poverty and food insecurity;
(cc) Address the root causes of poverty by improving access to decent work
opportunities and remedying historical underinvestment in marginalized racial and
ethnic groups through the establishment of targeted community investment funds;
(dd) Take action to effectively prevent and address manifestations of racial
discrimination in the labour market;
(ee) Develop urgent measures to provide support to unhoused persons and to
address the root causes of rising homelessness and its disproportionate impact on those
from marginalized racial and ethnic groups, including women of African descent;
(ff)
Ensure the effective implementation of the national health policy on
people of African descent;
(gg) Develop health policies regarding other marginalized racial and ethnic
groups and ensure that they are effectively implemented;
(hh) Step up investment in the training of healthcare professionals on racial
discrimination and human rights standards and in broader efforts to ensure that
healthcare spaces are safe for all those from racial and ethnic groups;
(ii)
Continue and expand efforts to ensure access to mental health services for
persons from marginalized racial and ethnic groups and ensure that they are effective
in reaching communities;
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