CEDAW/C/NZL/CO/7 not OK” campaign, aimed at decreasing rates of family violence. Despite these positive developments, the Committee is concerned about the continued high and increasing levels of violence against women and the low rates of reporting and conviction, particularly relating to sexual violence. The Committee notes with concern insufficient statistical data on violence against women, especially on violence against Māori women, migrant women and women with disabilities. 24. The Committee calls upon the State party: (a) To take the necessary measures to encourage the reporting of domestic and sexual violence cases, including by ensuring that education professionals, healthcare providers and social workers are fully familiar with relevant legal provisions and are sensitized to all forms of violence against women and are capable of complying with their obligation to report cases; (b) To strengthen training for the police, public prosecutors, the judiciary and other relevant government bodies on domestic and sexual violence; (c) To provide adequate assistance and protection to women victims of violence, including Māori and migrant women, by ensuring that they receive the necessary legal and psychosocial services; (d) To improve the level of representation on the Task Force for Action on Violence within Families and ensure appropriate resourcing with a view to enhancing the perception of its status within the State party; (e) To ensure systematic collection and publication of data, disaggregated by sex, ethnicity, type of violence, and by the relationship of the perpetrator to the victim; to collect data on the number of women killed by partners or ex-partners; and to monitor the effectiveness of legislation, policy and practice relating to all forms of violence against women and girls. Trafficking and exploitation of prostitution 25. While the Committee appreciates the 2009 Plan of Action to Prevent People Trafficking and improvements in the protection of sex workers since the Prostitution Reform Act of 2003, the Committee regrets the absence of comprehensive information and data on trafficking in women and girls. The Committee notes that there have been no prosecutions or convictions for trafficking in women and girls and is concerned that this may be linked to insufficient knowledge and awareness of the threat of trafficking and exploitation, particularly given reports on trafficking of migrant women and girls, including “mail-order” and “Internet” brides. 26. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Identify, prosecute and punish traffickers, and ensure protection of the human rights of the trafficked women and girls; (b) Ensure that trafficked women and girls have adequate support so as to be in a position to provide testimony against their traffickers; (c) Ensure systematic monitoring and periodic evaluation, including the collection and analysis of data on trafficking and exploitation of women in prostitution, and to include such data in its next periodic report; (d) Raise awareness of threats of trafficking and exploitation and make efforts to proactively screen vulnerable populations, including migrant women and girls, such as “mail-order” and “Internet” brides. 6

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