A/HRC/48/7 137.208 Take additional legal measures necessary to reduce crimes of violence against women and strengthen the provision of legal aid for the victims (Saudi Arabia); 137.209 Allocate adequate resources for the training of law enforcement and other relevant public officers, in the context of the four-year Gender Equality Programmes (2019–2022, 2020–2023) and the memorandum on the Domestic Violence Action Plan (2019–2023), to ensure their full and effective implementation (Singapore); 137.210 Enact a special law on violence against women and girls, as well as amend the Penal Code to criminalize sexual harassment and broaden the definition of “rape” (Spain); 137.211 Ensure the effective investigation and prosecution of violence against women, by continuing to pursue training for law enforcement and judicial officials, and strengthen mechanisms to provide legal assistance to victims (Guyana); 137.212 Take effective measures to combat domestic violence and violence against women (Islamic Republic of Iran); 137.213 Continue the information campaigns to combat domestic violence and all forms of violence against women (Mexico); 137.214 Adopt a comprehensive national strategy for gender equality and to combat violence against women (Argentina); 137.215 Ensure that acts of violence against women are effectively investigated and prosecuted (Burkina Faso); 137.216 Take effective measures to encourage reporting of violence against women to law enforcement authorities and to ensure the safety of women who come forward (Denmark); 137.217 Ensure equal rights and opportunities for women in formal employment, eliminate occupational segregation and achieve substantive equality in the labour market (State of Palestine); 137.218 Take further measures to ensure that rural, older and marginalized women benefit from adequate medical services (Timor-Leste); 137.219 Continue efforts taken to protect the rights of women and promote gender equality (Tunisia); 137.220 Increase efforts to promote gender equality and combat gender-based violence, including domestic violence, by amending the law to ensure the definition of rape includes any non-consensual sexual acts (United States of America); 137.221 Increase efforts to combat sexual violence and to address barriers to reporting domestic violence, including full implementation of the Istanbul Convention (Australia); 137.222 Adopt a comprehensive national strategy aiming at the advancement of women’s status at all levels (Bahrain); 137.223 Strengthen the efforts, with the meaningful participation of all stakeholders concerned, to mainstream the rights of women and girls with disabilities into all disability-related legislation and policies (Bulgaria); 137.224 Extend the recent efforts to address violence and discrimination against women to cover the rights and interests of girls, including through upward revision of the legal age for sexual consent (Canada); 137.225 Take effective measures to end domestic and gender-based violence and amend the Penal Code to review the definition of rape (Czechia); 21