resources also should be allocated to various public institutions for developing and implementing a holistic prevention strategy and actions that proactively engage women as well as men and the government sector as well as the nongovernmental sector advertising and national campaigns may be used to spread information about hotlines for reporting violence the education system and the news media are also well positioned to raise understanding and awareness of the unacceptability of violence against women france offers an example of a communications strategy that also incorporates government directives and the establishment of an emergency helpline ministere des droits des femmes nd