A/HRC/45/44/Add.2 134. The Government should provide meaningful social protection for Afro-Peruvian women and children, and use disaggregated data on disparities to measure progress and outcomes. 135. The Working Group urges the Government to adequately fund and strengthen the capacity of Afro-Peruvian civil society, including by adopting effective measures to prevent violence against and fast-tracking the registry of human rights defenders. 136. The Government should develop a national policy for elderly Afro-Peruvians. Older persons of African descent should be regarded as specific right holders and a social resource. 137. The Government should recognize that neutral policies may have a racialized impact, and routinely investigate intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination affecting Afro-Peruvians, including the structural discrimination that Afro-Peruvians face in their access to public administration, goods and services. 138. The Government should take action to mitigate climate change in partnership and consultation with Afro-Peruvians, including by implementing the framework law on climate change. 139. The Government should increase efforts to abolish the stigmatization of race and racial stereotypes perpetuated in Peruvian media. 140. The bicentennial of Peru falls in the middle of the International Decade for People of African Descent. While Peru has acknowledged the International Decade, the bicentennial offers an important opportunity to recognize the contribution made by people of African descent, to build a repository of Afro-Peruvian culture and to renegotiate Peruvian national identity to include Afro-Peruvians. For example, the State might promote local meetings to bring people together to celebrate Afro-Peruvian culture and contributions, including those of Afro-Peruvian public intellectuals and others, within the typical celebrations of Afro-Peruvian food, dance and music. 141. The Working Group reiterate its satisfaction with the Government’s willingness to engage in dialogue, cooperation and action to combat racial discrimination. It hopes that the present report will support the Government in this process, and expresses its willingness to assist in this important endeavour. 20