states particularly countries of origin can address increases in vulnerability to traffickingrelated discrimination and violence against women through a range of practical measures such as providing safe shelter with medical psychological and legal facilities for women experiencing violence longerterm measures that seek to address the social cultural and structural causes of violence are also important these may include reforming legislation that either discriminates against women or fails to address violence against women ensuring the prompt investigation and prosecution of complaints related to violence against women providing access to effective remedies for genderbased violence and implementing initiatives aimed at educating the public and relevant officials about violence against women promoting and protecting the human rights of trafficked persons migrants asylum seekers refugees and internally displaced persons should be at the centre of all antitrafficking measures