1) Strictly apply Law No. 21,675 and intensify awareness-raising efforts among the general public on the criminal nature of all forms of gender-based violence against women, including sexual violence, and on the need to report such cases and protect survivors from reprisals, stigmatization and revictimization; 

2) Ensure, through mandatory and continuous capacity-building for judges, prosecutors, police officers and other law enforcement officials, that Law No. 21,212 is fully enforced and that all cases of femicide are investigated and that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately sentenced; 

3) Encourage the reporting of domestic violence against women and girls by conducting media campaigns to raise awareness about the criminal nature of gender-based violence against women, challenge its social legitimization and destigmatize victims, and by protecting women from reprisals for reporting incidents of gender-based violence; 

4) Adequately fund victim support services and expand the network of specialized, inclusive and accessible shelters for women and girls who are victims of gender-based violence, as well as psychosocial counselling, taking into account their specific needs; and provide women and girls who cannot safely return to their homes with financial support, education, professional training, income-generating opportunities, affordable housing and, if necessary to ensure their safety, a changed identity; 

5) Strengthen measures to prevent and adequately punish online sexual violence, including regulation that explicitly penalizes such offences, and ensure that providers of online platforms and online distributors are held accountable for failure to report, delete, or block criminal content from their platforms.

1) Intensify efforts to combat all forms of trafficking and exploitation of women and girls by providing capacity-building for judges, prosecutors, police officers and other law enforcement officials, border police, healthcare providers and other first responders on the early identification of victims of trafficking and their referral to appropriate services and on gender-sensitive investigation and interrogation methods, and ensure the implementation of the instructions for the police on early identification of trafficking victims; 

2) Strengthen labour inspections to eliminate child labour, especially in sectors where girls are most at risk, strengthen the protection of girls in care institutions to prevent their exploitation and trafficking and ensure that perpetrators are prosecuted and adequately punished; 

3) Increase the number and funding of inclusive and accessible shelters for victims of trafficking, including women with disabilities, in both urban and rural areas, and ensure that trafficking victims have access to free legal aid, interpretation services, medical assistance, psychosocial counselling, financial support, education, professional training, temporary residence permits irrespective of their ability or willingness to cooperate with the prosecution authorities, and income-generating opportunities. 

1) Adopt and implement a comprehensive policy on hate speech against women and girls that engages men and boys, including all forms of media, as well as public and private entities in its implementation; 

2) Provide public officials and media professionals with training on the use of gender-responsive language to address gender stereotypes, combat women’s objectification and promote positive media portrayals of women as active agents of change. 

1) Conduct awareness-raising campaigns to sensitize society on the risks and lack of economic protection in de facto unions between adolescent girls and adult men, particularly in rural and remote areas; 

2) Adopt legislation to strengthen the economic protection of women in de facto unions; 

3) Expedite the adoption of reforms to the Civil Code on marital property regimes to ensure women’s equal property rights in marriage and upon divorce.