E/CN.4/1999/48 page 30 Right to health 6. D. Training for hospital and health centre managers in receiving persons living in extreme poverty. Breaking of prostitution rings 1. Special police training in breaking up prostitution rings. 2. Ban on slavery and prostitution should be effective. Pilot technical cooperation projects could be implemented quickly in this area. Some of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) framework programmes could be extended to deal with specific aspects of extremely poor groups. This would involve globalizing their aims or implementing pilot projects, such as the project to prepare a training manual for law-enforcement officials or that on the implementation of the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education. Other programmes that could be used in this way include the one to promote national human rights institutions in Asia and the Pacific: Training Programme on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the global project to promote and protect the rights of internally displaced persons. 110. It is also necessary to designate in each country a body of social experts to ensure that the Government implemented international recommendations concretely and effectively. It could be a department of the national human rights institution, if one exists and is in operation, and could comprise social and educational experts. It should be independent of the Government, like the national institution itself. VI. WOMEN IN EXTREME POVERTY 111. Poverty hits women especially hard and leads to serious violations of their rights. Extreme poverty can be linked with prostitution and with the exploitation, both sexual and physical (forced labour), of young girls from very poor backgrounds (prostitution and slavery rings). Unemployment and illiteracy are also particular problems for women. Women prisoners' conditions are in general an affront to their dignity. Local traditions sometimes make birth control impossible or are demeaning to women (no access to employment, forced marriage, very low age of marriage, no civil status for girls, etc.). 112. In practical terms, it would be useful to set up a women's affairs section in each police department, since women account for a large percentage of the extremely poor and, once they begin to be criminalized, they are more likely than men to fall victim to abuse of every kind. Similarly, police training should include a special component on respect for women's rights. 113. The most shocking situation is without doubt that of women prisoners, particularly those who are extremely poor. Those in prison for debt never have the money to pay their debts or fines. One possible way of dealing with this would be to set up reception centres run by trained staff.