Violence against women Take (sic) the measures necessary to encourage and facilitate the lodging of complaints by victims and to address effectively the barriers that may prevent women from reporting acts of violence against them, including by ensuring that education professionals, health-care providers and social workers are fully familiar and relevant legal provisions, are trained to recognize signs of violence against women and are capable of complying with their obligation to report cases Ensure the effective enforcement of the existing legal framework by promptly, effectively and impartially investigating all reports of violence and prosecuting and punishing perpetrators in accordance with the gravity of their acts Strengthen public awareness-raising activities to combat violence against women and gender stereotypes Increase efforts to combat violence against indigenous women Guarantee in practice that all victims benefit from protection and have access to adequately funded medical and legal aid, psychosocial counselling and social support schemes 17