Punish the perpetrators of violence against women and implement programmes for the rehabilitation of women victims; f) Establish mechanisms and accessible services for effective information, rehabilitation and reparation for victims of violence against women; g) Prevent and condemn trafficking in women, prosecute the perpetrators of such trafficking and protect those women most at risk; h) Prohibit all medical or scientific experiments on women without their informed consent; i) Provide adequate budgetary and other resources for the implementation and monitoring of actions aimed at preventing and eradicating violence against women; j) Ensure that, in those countries where the death penalty still exists, not to carry out death sentences on pregnant or nursing women; k) Ensure that women and men enjoy equal rights in terms of access to refugee status determination procedures and that women refugees are accorded the full protection and benefits guaranteed under international refugee law, including their own identity and other documents. e) Article V ELIMINATION OF HARMFUL PRACTICES States Parties shall prohibit and condemn all forms of harmful practices which negatively affect the human rights of women and which are contrary to recognised international standards. States Parties shall take all necessary legislative and other measures to eliminate such practices, including: a) Creation of public awareness in all sectors of society regarding harmful practices through information, formal and informal education and outreach programmes; b) Prohibition, through legislative measures backed by sanctions, of all forms of female genital mutilation, scarification, medicalisation and para-medicalisation of female genital mutilation and all other practices in order to eradicate them; c) Provision of necessary support to victims of harmful practices Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa 9