A/HRC/39/37 concern about the lack of disaggregated data on children belonging to indigenous peoples, and of assessments of their situations, and encouraged the establishment of a system for collecting such data.34 H. Indigenous peoples’ social and cultural rights 83. In November and December 2017, the OHCHR office in Mexico coordinated the joint visit of the Special Rapporteurs on freedom of expression of the Human Rights Council and of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, during which the Special Rapporteurs met with a number of indigenous radio broadcasters who provided information in their own language and drew attention to cultural and social issues in their community which would otherwise not be covered by the media. The Special Rapporteurs pointed to the need to adopt measures to expand the access of indigenous peoples to community broadcasting, and to continue to improve access to broadband in areas lacking reliable access. 84. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights expressed concerned about the extinction of indigenous languages and recommended the establishment of frameworks to ensure that indigenous languages were taught in schools.35 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child encouraged the dissemination of indigenous cultures through education. 36 The Human Rights Committee recommended increasing the recruitment and training of indigenous language teachers and increasing the availability of language instruction in indigenous languages for indigenous children in kindergarten. The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination affirmed that multiculturalism included indigenous cultures and that national anti-racism strategies should also protect indigenous communities from hate speech and violence. 37 85. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the Committee on the Rights of the Child addressed issues regarding the right to health of indigenous peoples. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities addressed issues of prioritized accessibility to health care for indigenous persons with disabilities. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women focused on indigenous women’s rights to health care, and their particular concerns, including childbirth services, gynaecological services, contraception and basic health-care services. The same Committee also pointed out the higher rates of maternal mortality, early pregnancy and malnutrition among indigenous women and girls. 38 The same Committee recommended that information about health care, including contraception, should be disseminated to indigenous communities to enable a gender-sensitive, consultative and inclusive process.39 86. The issue of indigenous languages is pertinent in a number of sectors, including health care, since the provision of health-care services in indigenous languages remains insufficient in certain cases and thus limits access to such services by indigenous people. 40 The Committee on the Rights of the Child highlighted the issue of adolescent health in indigenous communities. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 See CRC/C/GTM/CO/5-6, para. 43. See E/C.12/AUS/CO/5, para. 58. See E/C.12/URY/CO/5, para. 60. See CERD/C/AUS/CO/18-20, para. 13. See CEDAW/C/GTM/CO/8-9, para. 36. See CEDAW/C/NOR/CO/9, para. 39. See CERD/C/FIN/CO/23, para. 18. 13