A/HRC/44/41 Persons with disabilities should be consulted on their communications needs and preferences. 98. Proactive efforts should be made to engage displaced populations in structures and processes that promote the rights of persons with disabilities, including in national, regional and global networks of organizations of persons with disabilities. Data and evidence 99. States and other humanitarian and development actors, as relevant, should: (a) Invest in generating evidence on the impact of forced displacement on persons with disabilities and documenting effective practices for promoting fulfilment of their rights; (b) Integrate a disability inclusion lens into efforts to develop official statistics on internal displacement in line with the international recommendations on statistics related to internally displaced persons and the upcoming manual for data compilers; (c) Integrate a disability inclusion lens into operational data-collection systems and processes that focus on or include displacement, as appropriate and feasible, including data adequately disaggregated by age, sex and disability, particularly through the use of the Washington Group methodology. When data is not available, an assumption that 15 per cent of an affected population has a disability is recommended; (d) Develop standardized methods for the identification of information and data on barriers faced by persons with disabilities, as a first step to developing solutions to address them; (e) Use innovative qualitative data-collection methods that allow for the participation of and effective engagement with all the various groups of persons with disabilities; (f) Develop stronger partnerships between organizations of persons with disabilities and those collecting data on internal displacement, with a focus on capacitybuilding and sharing expertise, as relevant; (g) Make better and greater use of existing data on internally displaced persons with disabilities through enhanced data-sharing practices within appropriate data protection standards and protocols. Protection and accountability 100. States and their humanitarian and development partners should: (a) Inform and train persons with disabilities, their families and support persons on their rights and entitlements, and how to recognize, avoid and report instances of violence, exploitation and abuse; (b) Inform and train the police, health workers, child protection actors and others to identify and respond to abuse of and violence against persons with disabilities, including understanding the unique risks and barriers to reporting arising out of the intersection between disability and displacement; (c) Ensure persons with disabilities and their representative organizations are involved in protection needs assessments, in particular women, children, older persons and those belonging to a minority or other identities; (d) Implement strategies to reduce stigma about disability and take steps to make the internally displaced populations at large and other communities affected by displacement aware of the rights of persons with disabilities; (e) Establish a system to monitor persons at heightened risk and develop and implement culturally appropriate actions to prevent and respond to targeted violence against displaced persons with disabilities, including through community-based approaches; 20