(1) Adopt a comprehensive law, in consultation with civil society, to prevent, combat and punish all forms of violence against women, including economic, psychological and physical violence, sexual violence, marital rape and sexual harassment, in the public and private spheres; (2) Encourage women and girls who are victims of violence to report cases to the police, including by sensitizing them, health professionals and law enforcement officers to the criminal nature of such acts, prosecuting all acts of violence against women and adequately punishing perpetrators; (3) Expedite the allocation of adequate human, technical and financial resources for the optimal functioning and availability of the free, around the clock SOS domestic violence hotline throughout the State party; (4) Take all measures necessary, including legal measures, to ensure that cases of violence against women, including domestic violence, are not referred to alternative conflict resolution entities, including family councils, under any circumstances; (5) Allocate sufficient resources to, and expedite the implementation of, plans to expand the network of shelters and specialized units at police stations and hospitals throughout the State party, ensuring their accessibility, and expedite the creation of multisectoral victim assistance teams that are adequately trained to provide medical treatment, psychological counselling, legal assistance and other support services to allow victims to build an independent life; (6) Collect data, disaggregated by gender, age, rural or urban location, ethnicity, religion, disability, nationality and migration status, on all forms of gender-based violence, whether in the public or private sphere, including on the numbers of complaints, prosecutions and convictions, the sentences imposed on perpetrators and the number, capacity of and resources allocated to shelters and counselling and rehabilitation services (CEDAW/C/AGO/CO/6, para. 20 (e)).

(1) Prioritize and expedite the adoption of the national plan of action to combat trafficking in persons, ensuring that it is focused in particular on women and girls, and allocate adequate resources to its implementation; (2) Implement plans to use the integrated system for the management of social action to identify the most vulnerable persons, and introduce mandatory capacity-building for law enforcement officials on standards for the early identification and referral of victims of trafficking to the appropriate services for their assistance and rehabilitation; (3) Allocate adequate resources for the creation of easily accessible shelters in all provinces of the State party and for the provision of adequate legal, medical and psychosocial assistance in such shelters; (4) Enforce anti-trafficking legislation by conducting gender-sensitive investigations, ensuring the prosecution and punishment of perpetrators, including public officials, who are complicit in trafficking and the exploitation of women and girls in prostitution.

(1) Prohibit all harmful practices, including child and/or forced marriage, dowry, polygamy, levirate marriage and the social exclusion of women and girls accused of practicing witchcraft, and reinforce public education programmes on the negative impact that those practices have on the enjoyment by women and girls of their rights, targeting customary and religious leaders and regions where harmful practices are endemic, in particular Malanje; (2) Expedite the revision of the Family Code to ensure that the minimum age of marriage is set at 18 years for both girls and boys and criminalize all child and/or forced marriage, defined as marriage under the age of 18 years; (3) Enforce legislation prohibiting child and/or forced marriage, polygamy, levirate marriage and female genital mutilation by investigating, prosecuting and punishing perpetrators; (4) Provide data, in its next periodic report, on child and/or forced and polygamous marriage, as well as on levirate unions celebrated under customary law.

In line with its general recommendation No. 21 (1994) on equality in marriage and family relations, the Committee recommends that the State party ensure equality in land acquisition and retention, including through succession, in customary and statutory law and that it facilitate access for women to justice to contest cases of unequal distribution of land.