50 In Their Capacity as Human Rights Defenders: Women § Through its activities, work towards ensuring that the guarantee of non-recurrence incorporates overcoming the root causes of gender-based violations and abuses in everyday life and in public institutions. Gender Commission § § § In its programmes, create awareness on the need for gender equality for HRDs to ensure that women HRDs are treated with respect even from their male counterparts. Ensure that its programmes target for redress the challenges and violations facing all women in both the private and public sphere. Work with traditional chiefs, headmen and community leaders to enhance understanding on the role of women HRDs in the private and public sphere, in order to contribute effectively to changing negative attitudes and practices. To Justice delivery actors The Zimbabwe Republic Police § Include as a core component in its training and education curriculum the provisions protecting the rights of women in the new Constitution, other national laws, as well as the contents of regional and international human rights instruments to which Zimbabwe is bound; and to incorporate the contents of the various UN resolutions on women HRDs in order to build respect for the law and reduce the persecution of legitimate women HRDs. § Set up a gender desk that receives complaints from women HRDs and efficiently and effectively deals with such complaints in order to stamp out the culture of impunity in cases of violations of the rights of women HRDs. § Investigate first and only arrest women HRDs where there is compelling evidence of commission of real crimes: not arrest to investigate even where there is no evidence. § Cease the selective application of provisions of the law against women HRDs, including but not limited to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, the Public Order and Security Act and the Miscellaneous Offences Act. § Investigate all outstanding cases of violations of fundamental rights of women HRDs that are criminal offences and complete dockets for prosecution. § Take urgent measures to comply with the Constitutional Court’s ruling in relation to the conditions of detention for women in all police stations, holding cells and other places of detention. The National Prosecuting Authority § Refrain from prosecuting women HRDs without clear evidence of the commission of a crime; exercise effective and diligent prosecutorial discretion. § Through the prosecutorial discretion, prevent criminalisation of the work of women HRDs by not instituting unfounded prosecutions. § Institute and vigorously pursue prosecutions in past and future cases of violations that affect women HRDs without fear or favour, even in instances where state security agents or high profile government people are involved, so as to counter impunity and reduce the recurrence of violations against women HRDs.