(1) Address the root causes of trafficking in women and girls and ensure the rehabilitation and social integration of victims, including by providing them with access to shelters, legal, medical and psychosocial assistance and adequate income generating opportunities; (2) Intensify awareness raising efforts aimed at promoting the reporting of trafficking and related crimes and the early detection of women and girls who are victims of trafficking and their referral to appropriate social services; (3) Step up efforts aimed at bilateral, regional and international cooperation to prevent trafficking, including by exchanging information and harmonizing legal procedures to prosecute traffickers, in particular with countries in the Economic Community of West African States and the European Union; (4) Allocate adequate human, technical and financial resources to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to enable it to effectively undertake its activities; (5) Conduct an assessment of the adequacy of shelters and the services that they provide, including legal, medical and psychosocial assistance; (6) Protect women in prostitution against gender-based violence, abuse and harassment, notably by law enforcement personnel and in particular the police, by investigating, prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators; (7) Allocate sufficient resources for exit programmes for women wishing to leave prostitution, including by providing alternative income generating opportunities.