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52.
The Committee recommends that States parties:
(a) Develop programmes for conflict-affected girls who leave school early so
that they can be reintegrated into schools or universities as soon as possible; engage
in the prompt repair and reconstruction of school infrastructure; take measures to
prevent the occurrence of attacks and threats against girls and their teachers; and
ensure that perpetrators of such acts of violence are promptly investigated,
prosecuted and punished;
(b) Ensure that economic recovery strategies promote gender equality as a
necessary precondition for a sustainable post-conflict economy and target women
working in both the formal and informal employment sectors; design specific
interventions to leverage opportunities for women’s economic empowerment, in
particular for women in rural areas and other disadvantaged groups of women;
ensure that women are involved in the design of those strategies and programmes
and in their monitoring; and effectively address all barriers to women’s equitable
participation in those programmes;
(c) Ensure that sexual and reproductive health care includes access to sexual
and reproductive health and rights information; psychosocial support; family
planning services, including emergency contraception; maternal health services,
including antenatal care, skilled delivery services, prevention of vertical
transmission and emergency obstetric care; safe abortion services; post-abortion
care; prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted
infections, including post-exposure prophylaxis; and care to treat injuries such as
fistula arising from sexual violence, complications of delivery or other reproductive
health complications, among others;
(d) Ensure that women and girls, including those who may be particularly
vulnerable to HIV, have access to basic health services and information, including
HIV prevention, treatment, care and support;
(e) Coordinate all activities with stakeholders from the humanitarian and
development communities to ensure a comprehensive approach that does not
duplicate efforts in the fields of education, employment and health and reaches
disadvantaged populations, including in remote and rural areas.
5.
Displacement, refugees and asylum seekers (arts. 1-3 and 15)
53. The Committee has previously noted that the Convention applies at every
stage of the displacement cycle and that situations of forced displacement and
statelessness often affect women differently from men and include gender-based
discrimination and violence. Internal and external displacement have specific gender
dimensions that occur at all stages in the displacement cycle; during flight,
settlement and return within conflict-affected areas, women and girls are especially
vulnerable to forced displacement. In addition, they are often subjected to gross
human rights violations during flight and in the displacement phase, as well as
within and outside camp settings, including risks relating to sexual violence,
trafficking and the recruitment of girls into armed forces and rebel groups.
54. Displaced women live in precarious conditions in conflict and post-conflict
environments owing to their unequal access to education, income generation and
skills training activities; poor reproductive health care; their exclusion from
decision-making processes, which is exacerbated by male-dominated leadership
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