A/HRC/43/73 measures to address high rates of school dropout, sexual violence in schools and gender bias regarding the academic achievements of women and girls of African descent; (g) To intensify their efforts in the field of education, including human rights education, in order to promote an understanding and awareness of the causes, consequences and pernicious nature of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in consultation with education authorities and the private sector, as appropriate, to develop educational materials, including textbooks and dictionaries, aimed at combating those phenomena and, in that context, to prioritize, if appropriate, textbook and curriculum review and amendment, so as to eliminate any elements that might promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance or reinforce negative racial and gender stereotypes and include material that refutes such stereotypes, including by ensuring the inclusion of the history and contribution of women and girls of African descent; (h) To ensure equal access to comprehensive, high-quality and affordable health care for women of African descent, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health, and eliminate all forms of discrimination in that area; (i) To eliminate all forms of discrimination in the area of employment, effectively addressing high rates of unemployment, disproportionately low wages, overrepresentation in domestic work and precarious working conditions, among other factors; (j) To consider adopting policies to support the political participation of women of African descent, recognize the place that they deserve and undertake steps to address their exclusion from political power and decision-making, including, where appropriate, temporary special measures, such as affirmative action and quota laws; (k) To develop measures to end all forms of violence against women of African descent, including sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, as both a cause and a consequence of discrimination and its disproportionate incidence; (l) To counter negative stereotypes, racist and sexist bullying against women and girls of African descent, in particular allocating resources towards the responsible use of the media and the Internet as a means of achieving equality and respect and protecting and fulfilling the human rights of women and girls of African descent; (m) To support actions that promote the positive representation of women of African descent in accordance with their specific and diverse reality, in order to put an end to representations that undermine their dignity and autonomy; (n) To collect, disaggregate and analyse statistical data in accordance with paragraph 92 (a) of the Durban Programme of Action, with particular regard to gender, race and ethnicity, in order to continually evaluate the situation of women and girls of African descent, assess progress made, identify social inequalities and guide the formulation of policies to prevent, combat and eradicate racial discrimination. D. 1. Progress achieved concerning the implementation of the programme of activities for the International Decade for People of African Descent Conclusions 91. The Working Group reaffirms the programme of activities for the implementation of the International Decade for People of African Descent, as contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 69/16. 2. Recommendations 92. The Working Group recommends that Member States: (a) Commit themselves to delivering tangible and meaningful results by the end of the International Decade for People of African descent; 18