Significant activities in the area of action to counter violence against women included the establishment of one-stop centres in South Africa and support for the development of gender-differentiated strategies against violence against women and family violence at the local level . In Viet Nam , the Office continued legislative and technical support to counter domestic violence and cooperated with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women ( UN-Women ) in a joint assessment of the situation of women in the national criminal justice system .