CEDAW/C/BRB/CO/5-8 complaints from women about gender-based violence in a gender-sensitive manner and the absence of a specialized court on family law; (b) That women in the State party, especially those belonging to disadvantaged groups, are unaware of their rights under the Convention and thus lack the information necessary to claim them. 14. The Committee, recalling its general recommendation No. 33 (2015) on women’s access to justice, recommends that the State party: (a) Reform and strengthen the judicial system, including through the allocation of sufficient human, technical and financial resources and systematic capacity-building for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, police officers and other law enforcement officials on women’s rights and gender equality, and raise awareness to eliminate the stigmatization faced by women who claim their rights; (b) Give priority to the establishment of courts specializing in family law and ensure that the police and courts address complaints from women about gender-based violence in an expeditious, efficient and gender-sensitive manner; (c) Enhance awareness among women of their rights and the remedies available to them under the Convention through awareness-raising campaigns and other measures, in cooperation with civil society organizations and community-based women’s associations. National machinery for the advancement of women 15. The Committee remains concerned about the limited human, technical and financial resources allocated to the Bureau of Gender Affairs and about the limited capacity of the State party’s national machinery to adequately ensure the coordination of gender mainstreaming in all areas and at all levels. The Committee is also concerned about the delay in finalizing and adopting the national policy on gender. It is further concerned about the lack of data disaggregated by sex, which is necessary to assess the impact and effectiveness of policies and programmes that are planned or in place to enhance the enjoyment by women of their human rights. 16. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt a clear strategy to consolidate and reinforce the national and local capacity of the national machinery for the advancement of women, including the Bureau of Gender Affairs, and ensure that it has adequate decision-making power and human, technical and financial resources to effectively implement the Convention; (b) Ensure effective coordination and develop a gender mainstreaming strategy that includes gender-responsive budgeting and that can be applied in all policies and programmes at all levels to address various aspects of women’s lives; (c) Finalize and accelerate the adoption of the national policy on gender and include specific indicators and targets in the policy; (d) Ensure that it develop policies and programmes within its national machinery, with the assistance of the gender studies department at the University of the West Indies, with the aim of achieving gender equality in a comprehensive and effective manner and within a human rights framework and improve the collection of data disaggregated by sex to assess the impact and effectiveness of those policies and programmes. 4/14 17-11292