7.
States Parties shall establish special counselling services, legal and
police units to provide dedicated and sensitive services to survivors of
gender based violence.
ARTICLE 21
SOCIAL,ECONOMIC,CULTURAL AND POLITICAL PRACTICES
1.
States Parties shall take measures including legislation, where
appropriate, to discourage traditional norms, including social,
economic, cultural and political practices which legitimise and
exacerbate the persistence and tolerance of gender based violence
with a view to eliminate them.
2.
States Parties shall, in all sectors of society, introduce and support
gender sensitisation and public awareness programmes aimed at
changing behaviour and eradicating gender based violence.
ARTICLE 22
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
1.
States Parties shall, by 2015, enact legislative provisions, and adopt
and implement policies, strategies and programmes which define and
prohibit sexual harassment in all spheres, and provide deterrent
sanctions for perpetrators of sexual harassment.
2.
States Parties shall ensure equal representation of women and men in
adjudicating bodies hearing sexual harassment cases.
ARTICLE 23
SUPPORT SERVICES
1.
States Parties shall provide accessible information on services
available to survivors of gender based violence.
2.
States Parties shall ensure accessible, effective and responsive police,
prosecutorial, health, social welfare and other services to redress
cases of gender based violence.
3.
States Parties shall provide accessible, affordable and specialised
legal services, including legal aid, to survivors of gender based
violence.
4.
States Parties shall provide specialised facilities, including support
mechaniss for survivors of gender based violence.
5.
States Parties shall provide effective rehabilitation and re-integration
programmes for perpetrators of gender based violence.