discriminatory laws might prevent women and womenheaded households from owning inheriting occupying or accessing land or other forms of property or prevent them from obtaining credit or loans without a male guarantor other serious challenges are the lack of appropriate institutional responses to genderbased violence such as health care counselling or shelters as well as inadequate access to education or employment opportunities ruleoflaw reforms such as the review of key legislation and constitution writing peace agreements transitional justice mechanisms and reparations programmes or other postconflict reform should take into account violations of womens economic social and cultural rights and civil and political rights equally also because these rights are intrinsically linked this will secure a comprehensive and lasting postconflict transformation and an environment where women fully enjoy their fundamental rights