the various institutions of the criminal justice system need to work together in a coordinated manner to respond to violence against women the criminal justice sector should also promote the involvement of all relevant government sectors as well as relevant sectors of civil society to ensure a comprehensive response to victims of violence for instance support agencies could work with police and prosecutors to ensure support to victims during statement taking and providing information on the progress of the case specialized approaches to violence against women may include establishing special police and prosecutorial units and special courts or dedicated justice system personnel and dedicated court time and adequately funding specialized training as well as multidisciplinary approaches such as oneshop centres which provide multisectoral case management for victims such as health welfare counselling and legal services in one location