a gender perspective across all policies, plans and programmes. States Parties should also take corrective actions to address discrimination and should commit to modifying social and cultural patterns in diverse ways. Develop and implement national action plans and early warning programmes [51] States Parties should develop and implement national strategies and comprehensive action plans to combat child marriage. National action plans should be well resourced, coordinated at the highest levels of government and fully inclusive of Civil Society, women, children, all relevant state departments, the public, human rights organisations and other international bodies and donors. A multi-sectoral approach should be applied to the design, drafting and implementation of plans. The content of national action plans should include prevention, early warning programmes (hotlines and rescue-squads), provision of shelters, support to women and girls already married, peer and community monitoring mechanisms, provisions around monitoring and evaluation and the collection of gender-disaggregated data relevant to child marriage. An efficient communication strategy to publicise the national action plan should also be developed. [52] States Parties are encouraged to support Civil Society initiatives and partnerships invested in empowering communities and girls at risk of child marriage. States Parties are further 27