1. Provide funding specifically for work on the links between violence against women and girls and HIV and AIDS.

2. Persuade other countries and international bodies like the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria to take action on violence against women and girls and HIV and AIDS.

3. Train all DFID staff on the links between violence against women and girls and HIV and AIDS.

4. Advocate that all national HIV and AIDS plans include plans to work on gender equality and violence against women and girls.

5. Set aside long-term funding to improve health care and services for women and girls affected by violence.

6. Acknowledging that pregnant women who are HIV-positive are at high risk of violence, ensure anti-violence efforts are included in programmes which aim to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV.

7. Work with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to support political and legislative reforms which challenge violence against women and girls and promote gender equality and justice for women.

8. Invest in HIV prevention campaigns which challenge gender stereotypes and attitudes to violence against women and girls at community level.

9. Work with other countries and international bodies like the UN to ensure emergency contraception and post exposure prophylaxis (medicines taken after contact with HIV which can help to prevent infection) are available to all survivors of sexual violence, including in conflict zones.

10. Work with developing country governments and international initiatives like the Education for All Fast Track Initiative to eradicate violence against girls in schools.