A/HRC/31/31 human rights-based approach into national programmes and policies, including through strengthening the capacity of the national administration and other stakeholders, such as the National Human Rights Council, universities and civil society. In June 2014, OHCHR organized a first session for trainers, targeting key national stakeholders on the development of indicators to measure compliance with international standards. An initial core group of national trainers was established to guide local partners in developing indicators in accordance with the country’s identified priorities and with recommendations from the universal periodic review, special procedure mandate holders and the treaty bodies (see A/HRC/27/41, para. 44). 33. African ministers of finance, planning and economic development established a road map for introducing the African Data Consensus, focusing on actions and initiatives that would help advance and complement national initiatives on the data revolution that are related to the Sustainable Development Goals. These include addressing data gaps in respect of key issues, such as governance, peace and security, environmental sustainability, gender and human rights.28 34. The Working Group to examine the periodic reports of the States Parties to the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (the Protocol of San Salvador) developed a set of qualitative and quantitative indicators to monitor progress in the realization of the rights provided therein. Inspired by the methodology of OHCHR, indicators on the rights to health, social security, education, work and the formation of trade unions and the rights to adequate food, a healthy environment and the benefits of culture were developed. Crosscutting elements were incorporated, including considerations of gender and the specific rights of children and adolescents, older persons and persons with disabilities. The indicators also cover the right to ethnic and cultural diversity and the participation of civil society in formulating legislative proposals and public policies. The system of indicators will be used in drafting periodic reports of the States parties to the Protocol, assessing human rights situations and policymaking.29 IV. Prioritization and disaggregation 35. The protection of vulnerable and marginalized groups and those subject to discrimination is emphasized in human rights analysis. This means eliminating discrimination based on all prohibited grounds and prioritizing these groups when developing policies and programmes. 36. Measurements based on data averages do not adequately assess the realization of human rights by various groups. In its general recommendation No. 9 (1989) on statistical data concerning the situation of women, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women underscores the importance of the use of disaggregated statistical data in order to understand the real situation of women. Several countries have integrated gender perspectives and, increasingly, a perspective on human rights of women in their statistical work and regularly produce gender statistics and indicators. 30 28 29 30 See Africa Data Consensus, adopted by the High-Level Conference on Data Revolution. Available at www.uneca.org/datarevolution. See Organization of American States, “Progress Indicators for Measuring Rights under the Protocol of San Salvador” (second edition). See http://unstats.un.org/unsd/gender/default.html. 11