provide any documentation that would allow the Court to assess the appropriateness and continuity of this training. Therefore, and taking into account, the elements ordered by this Court in the case of Veliz Franco et al.,344 the Court establishes that the State must, within a reasonable time, implement permanent programs and courses for public officials from the Judiciary, the Public Prosecution Service and the National Civil Police, who work in the investigation of the murder of women on standards for the prevention, punishment and eradication of the murder of women, and train them in the proper enforcement of the relevant international standards and case law of this Court. C.3.3. Measures to prevent violence against women: State policies 259. The Commission asked the State, as a measure of non-repetition, to introduce a comprehensive and coordinated State policy, backed by sufficient public funds, for prevention of violence against women. It also asked that the State adopt comprehensive public policies and institutional programs designed to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes about the role of women and to promote the eradication of discriminatory socio-cultural patterns that prevented women’s full access to justice; this should include training programs for public officials in all sectors of government, including the education sector, those involved in the administration of justice and the police, as well as comprehensive policies on prevention. 260. The representatives asked the Court to require the State to take the necessary affirmative measures to ensure that existing laws and policies on violence against women were implemented immediately and effectively to prevent and punish this type of violence and guarantee that victims received sufficient and prompt care, protection and compensation. 345 They also asked that the State take the necessary measures to change the socio-cultural patterns of conduct and stereotyping that exacerbate violence against women, in order to support the prevention of violence. This effort should include criminalizing sexual assault, awareness-raising campaigns and educational programs to promote gender equality in Guatemala, training sessions for journalists on the coverage of cases of femicide and other forms of violence against women, and the implementation of a cooperation agreement or strategy with the media and publicity agencies to help combat the gender stereotypes portrayed in the mass media. In addition, they asked that the State play a role in campaigns to disseminate information on women’s rights, and publicize the services and mechanisms that exist for victims of violence. the participation of the following institutions: the Attorney General’s Office (PGN), the National Indigenous and Campesino Coordinator (CONIC), the Ministry of Culture and Sport (MICUDE), the Ombudsperson for Indigenous Women (DEMI), the Ministry of the Interior (MINEGOB), the Solidarity Fund, the Ministry of Finance (MINFIN), the Ministry of Labor (MINTRAB), the Penitentiary System General Directorate, the National Disaster Reduction Coordinator (CONRED), the Ministry for Social Development (MIDES), the National Civil Service Office (ONSEC), and the National Institute of Tourism (INGUAT). Also, “Women’s human rights,” with the participation of the following institutions: the Ministry of Finance (MINFIN), the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), the Ministry of Education; the Ministry for Social Development (MIDES), the Ministry of Culture and Sport (MICUDE), the Presidential Secretariat for Women (SEPREM), the Ministry of Labor (MINTRAB), the National Office for Women’s Affairs (ONAM), the Judiciary’s Unit for the Community Prevention of Violence, the Guatemalan Indigenous Development Fund (FODIGUA), the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the Public Criminal Defense Institute (IDPP), and the Office of the General Comptroller. Lastly, the State provided information on the postgraduate course for agents of justice and other State institutions, specifically the Attorney General’s Office (PGN), the Public Prosecution Service (PM), the Ombudsman’s Office (PDH), the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), the National Civil Police (PNC), the Public Criminal Defense Institute (IDPP), the Judiciary(OJ), the Guatemalan National Forensic Instituted (INACIF), the Presidential Human Rights Commission (COPREDEH), and the Presidential Commission against Discrimination and Racism (CODISRA). 344 Cf. Case of Veliz Franco et al. v. Guatemala, supra, para. 275. 345 The indicated that, at a minimum, women and girls in all the departments should have prompt access to Government support structures and to emergency response mechanisms; to special courts that dealt with gender violence, and to shelters for victims of violence. Each program or law should receive adequate funding, and the Government should evaluate the progress made in the implementation of each program and law each year and publicize the data and statistics on this progress. 85