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WOMEN’S ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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VII. Safety, well-being, dignity, empowerment:
building firm foundations for the criminal justice
process 143
Making a firm foundation for initiatives to
prevent gender-based violence through
adequate gathering of data 144
BOX: Guiding principles for promising
practices in law and the justice system 144
BOX: Ensuring effective laws, policies,
practices and procedures 145
Measures required to implement appropriate
rights-based services and support for women
seeking justice 148
BOX: The right of women to access legal aid 151
BOX: Guidelines for health-care providers
working with women subject to genderbased
violence 168
BOX: When are services adequate? 169
Policing: basic principles 170
Requirements of protection orders 174
Access to legal assistance and courts that can
comprehensively deal with a variety of issues 180
BOX: Affordability: access to legal aid 181
Family law and gender-based violence 183
BOX: Family law: divorce or separation
generally 184
Employment Law 185
Housing Law 185
VIII. Improving criminal justice systems and
fighting impunity 186
Each link in the criminal justice chain must
incorporate the principle of non-discrimination 186
BOX: Laws must enforce respect for women’s
integrity and dignity 186