Human Rights- ­Components of State’s related issues Obligations Freedom from V ­ iolence against Women 52 Assessing compliance • States should take steps to ensure that comprehensive sexuality education are free from harmful sex- or gender-based or heteronormative stereotypes, or those based on mental or physical ability. • What steps has the State taken to eliminate the dissemination of biased or factually incorrect information on sexuality or sexual and reproductive health? • States should recognize and take steps to prevent all forms of violence against women, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, trafficking, and female genital mutilation. • States should exercise due diligence to investigate and punish the perpetrators of violence against women. • To what extent has the State developed and implemented national strategies and plans aimed at preventing, punishing, and eradicating all forms of violence against women, including harmful or abusive practices against adolescents? • To what extent has the State allocated adequate budgetary, human, and administrative resources to the implementation of such strategies or plans? • To what extent does the State penalize violent crimes against women? What steps has the State taken to eliminate loopholes for escaping liability, for instance by allowing a rapist to escape criminal liability by marrying his victim?