(1) Expedite the revision of article 14 (2) of Act No. 061-2015/CNT in order to criminalize marital rape; (2) Expedite the revision of the Criminal Code to harmonize its provisions with Act No. 061-2015/CNT, thereby ensuring that it criminalizes family violence, family shunning of girls on grounds of extramarital pregnancy or for refusing to enter into a forced marriage, and sexual harassment; (3) Ensure the effective implementation of Act No. 061-2015/CNT and thereby that all allegations of gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence, are effectively investigated and prosecuted, the perpetrators are adequately punished and victims have access to appropriate redress, including compensation; (4) Provide capacity-building programmes for judges, prosecutors, the police and other law enforcement officials, legal practitioners and community leaders on how to prevent gender-based violence and investigate allegations of such violence in a gender-sensitive manner; (5) Increase the number and coverage of shelters, especially in rural areas, and provide medical treatment, psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration programmes and legal assistance to victims of gender-based violence; (6) Systematically collect and analyse data on all forms of gender-based violence against women, disaggregated by age, region and the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator, as well as on protection orders, the number of prosecutions and the sentences imposed on perpetrators.

(1) Develop and implement an anti-trafficking strategy that provides for mandatory capacity-building for law enforcement officials on the early identification and referral of trafficking victims to appropriate services for assistance and rehabilitation, as well as education and awareness-raising campaigns about the risks and criminal nature of trafficking; (2) Investigate, prosecute and adequately punish perpetrators of trafficking in persons, especially women and girls, ensuring that victims of trafficking and prostitution are exempted from any criminal liability and provided with adequate protection and redress, including access to counselling, medical treatment, psychological support, rehabilitation and compensation; (3) Address the root causes of trafficking and exploitation of women and girls by offering educational and alternative income opportunities to women who are at risk of being trafficked or exploited in prostitution, as well as exit programmes for women in prostitution, including social and professional reintegration strategies.

(1) Allocate sufficient resources for the implementation of the national plans and strategies to combat female genital mutilation and child marriage, providing for strategic media campaigns and educational programmes to raise awareness among traditional and religious leaders, health-care and social workers and the general public about the negative impact of such harmful practices on women and girls; (2) Establish mechanisms to systematically monitor and evaluate the implementation of those plans, with a view to continuously improving their effectiveness; (3) Strictly enforce articles 380–382 of the Criminal Code prohibiting female genital mutilation, and discontinue conditional sentencing; (4) Broaden the definition of forced marriage in article 376 of the Criminal Code to cover forced conjugal unions celebrated in traditional or religious practices.

(1) Expedite the adoption of the revised Personal and Family Code, repealing all provisions that discriminate against women, including by raising the minimum legal age of marriage to 18 years for men and women, without exception, and applicable to any form of conjugal union; (2) Encourage the regularization of marriage by simplifying the administrative requirements for civil marriage and reducing all associated costs.