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(f) To evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of offender treatment,
rehabilitation and reintegration programmes, in consultation with relevant
stakeholders, including victims and victim service providers;
(g) To be guided by existing ongoing efforts at the international level to
develop a set of indicators to measure violence against women and to ensure a
multisectoral, coordinated approach to the development, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation of data-collection initiatives;
(h) To ensure that data on violence against women are collected in a way that
respects the confidentiality and human rights of women and does not jeopardize
their safety;
(i) To encourage and provide sufficient financial support for research on
violence against women.
X.
Crime prevention measures
22. Member States and the private sector, relevant non-governmental organizations
and professional associations are urged, as appropriate:
(a) To develop and implement relevant and effective public awareness and
public education initiatives, as well as school programmes and curricula, that
prevent violence against women by promoting respect for human rights, equality,
cooperation, mutual respect and shared responsibilities between women and men;
(b) To develop codes of conduct for personnel in public and private entities
that prohibit violence against women, including sexual harassment, and include safe
complaint and referral procedures;
(c) To develop multidisciplinary and gender-sensitive approaches within
public and private entities that seek to prevent violence against women, especially
through partnerships between law enforcement officials and services specialized in
the protection of women victims of violence;
(d) To develop programmes to assess perceptions of public safety and to
develop safety planning, environmental design and management of public space in
order to reduce the risk of violence against women;
(e) To set up outreach programmes and provide relevant information to
women about gender roles, women’s human rights and the social, health, legal and
economic aspects of violence against women in order to empower women to protect
themselves and their children against all forms of violence;
(f) To set up outreach programmes for offenders or persons identified as
potential offenders in order to promote non-violent behaviour and attitudes and
respect for equality and the rights of women;
(g) To develop and disseminate, in a manner appropriate to the audience
concerned, including in educational institutions at all levels, information and
awareness-raising materials on the different forms of violence that are perpetrated
against women and the availability of relevant programmes that include information
on the relevant provisions of criminal law, the functions of the criminal justice system,
the victim support mechanisms that are available and the existing programmes
concerning non-violent behaviour and the peaceful resolution of conflicts;
(h) To support all initiatives, including those of non-governmental
organizations and other relevant organizations seeking women’s equality, to raise
public awareness of the issue of violence against women and to contribute to the
elimination of such violence;
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