117 482. In addition, the State mentioned that the Chihuahua Women’s Institute (hereinafter “the ICHIMU”) had been created in August 2002, “to promote equal opportunities in education, training, health, employment and development and to strengthen the full exercise of women’s rights and promote a culture of non-violence in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination” and, in accordance with the decree creating the ICHIMU, to implement public policies that promote the integral development of women and their full participation in economic, social, political, family and cultural life.465 The State indicated that the ICHIMU works on two fronts: the institutionalization of a gender perspective and the prevention of violence against women. 483. In the context of planning and programming in the state of Chihuahua, the Court notes that information was presented on the five following instruments: (i) the 2004-2010 State Development Plan for Chihuahua (hereinafter “the PEDCH”); (ii) the Program to Improve the Status of Women; (iii) the Integral Program to Guarantee the Right of Women to a Life without Violence; (iv) the Program to provide Services to Victims of Crime, and (v) the Comprehensive Public Security Program in 2003 and 2004. 484. The PEDCH includes the following strategies: (i) promotion of participation and decision mechanisms for women, ensuring their collaboration in initiatives that lead to increased gender equity; (ii) raising the awareness of society and the government concerning a gender perspective; (iii) emphasis on access to justice and obtaining justice for the defense and protection of women and the family; (iv) promotion of legal reforms that protect women in abusive situations; (v) increasing institutional training and information activities on health care for women, and (vi) promotion of the organization and implementation of productive projects that result in diversification of sources of employment and income for women, especially indigenous women and those living in underprivileged rural and urban areas.466 485. According to the State, the purpose of the Program to Improve the Status of Women, coordinated by the State Population Council of the state of Chihuahua, is to enhance inter-institutional actions and efforts to promote the integral development of women which generate conditions and information that allow women to exercise their rights and freedoms fully. 486. In addition, according to the State, the Comprehensive Program to ensure the right of women to a life without violence, coordinated by the Chihuahua State System for the Integral Development of the Family (hereinafter “DIF”), promotes a culture of non-violence, especially against women, and a culture of reporting acts of violence perpetrated against women, girls, boys and the elderly, including actions addressed at the indigenous peoples. Among DIF actions, the State highlighted various programs, forums, information seminars, workshops and activities.467 The Program to provide Services to Victims of Crime has been implemented since 1998 by the FEIHM (supra para. 270), but it was restructured at the beginning of 2004;468 the State indicated 465 Cf. Decree No. 274/02-II-P.O. of May 30, 2002 (case file of attachments to the answer to the application, volume XLIII, attachment 112, folios 16179 to 16193). 466 Cf. Report of the Office of the Attorney General for the state of Chihuahua, supra note 463, folio 14944. 467 Cf. Report of the Office of the Attorney General for the state of Chihuahua, supra nota 463, folios 14951 and 14952. 468 In February 2004, the database of the National Registry of Victims of Crime was installed in the FEIHM, and the creation of the Forensic Genetics Database was announced (Cf. Office of the Special Prosecutor for the Investigation of Crimes related to the Murders of Women in the Municipality of Juárez,

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