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(iii) Increase the awareness of judges of non-discrimination, including the
procedural aspect of shifting the burden of proof during judicial proceedings; and
ensure that women have recourse to effective, affordable, accessible and timely
judicial remedies, to be addressed in a fair hearing by a competent and independent
court or tribunal, where appropriate, or by other public institutions, taking into
consideration the Committee’s general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on
women’s access to justice;
(iv) Provide training for health-care providers on discrimination against Roma
women and girls, their specific needs and the problems that they face;
(v) Engage actively, including through the provision of financial support, with
civil society organizations (including human rights and women’s organizations)
representing Roma women in order to strengthen advocacy against intersecting
forms of discrimination based on sex, gender and ethnicity an d promote
tolerance and the equal participation of Roma women in all areas of life;
(vi) Ensure that Roma women and girls, as individuals and as a group, have
access to information about their rights under the Convention and are able to
effectively claim their rights;
(vii) Reinforce the application of temporary special measures, in line with
article 4 (1) of the Convention and taking into consideration the Committee’s
general recommendation No. 25, in all areas covered by the Convention in
which women and girls belonging to ethnic minority groups, in particular Roma
women and girls, are disadvantaged;
(viii) Develop specific poverty alleviation and social inclusion programmes, in
particular for Roma women and girls;
(ix) Allocate adequate funds and prioritize regional cooperation within Europe
and development programmes to combat all forms of discrimination, including
intersecting discrimination, and to promote inclusiveness.
10. In accordance with article 7 (4) of the Optional Protocol, the State party shall
give due consideration to the views of the Committee, together with its
recommendations, and submit to the Committee, within six months, a written
response, including information on any action taken in the light of those views and
recommendations. The State party is requested to have the Committee’s views and
recommendations translated into the State party’s language, to publish them and to
have them widely disseminated, in order to reach all sectors of society.
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