A/HRC/45/22 recommended that the State undertake a survey to better understand the human rights challenges faced by persons with albinism, in particular among indigenous communities.16 H. Rights of indigenous women and girls 79. The OHCHR office in Guatemala continued to support indigenous Mayan midwives. It organized several workshops, legal clinics and capacity-building activities for developing a road map for implementing the ruling of the Constitutional Court ordering the Ministry of Health to adopt nine culturally appropriate measures to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health and rights for indigenous women. During the reporting period, the country office also continued its partnership with the Women’s Association for the Development of Sacatepéquez and the national movement of women weavers to advocate for the development of adequate legislation for the protection of the collective intellectual property rights of indigenous peoples. 80. In 2019, the country office in Guatemala helped the Tz’ununija’ indigenous women’s movement to develop specific indicators to monitor the implementation of recommendations on indigenous women’s rights adopted by Guatemala in the context of the universal periodic review process. 81. In Paraguay, the OHCHR Regional Office for South America, together with the Plurales Foundation, Tierraviva, Grupo Sunú de Acción Intercultural, Mujeres Rurales and Fundación Hugo, held a workshop on the theme “Human rights, indigenous peoples and gender: strategies for advocacy in global spaces” in October 2019. Twenty-five indigenous women leaders participated in the workshop, strengthening their knowledge and their capacity to engage with international human rights mechanisms.17 82. In February 2020, representatives of OHCHR conducted a visit to the internally displaced Warao indigenous peoples from Delta Amacuro State, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, now living outside urban areas in Bolívar State. They expressed particular concern about the incidence of early pregnancy among internally displaced Warao girls, who begin having children at 12 years old, and noted the lack of access for those girls to sexual and reproductive health services. 83. In its findings during the reporting period, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women expressed concern about the marginalization and lack of representation of indigenous women in political and public life, the absence of consultation with them and their limited access to justice. The Committee is elaborating a general recommendation on combating trafficking in women and girls in the context of global migration.18 84. At the twelfth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, a panel discussion was organized on the theme “Indigenous women in power”, bringing together six indigenous women from different regions currently serving or having recently served in parliamentary or government roles, who discussed their motivation, experiences, challenges and what they envisaged for the future.19 I. Development of national action plans 85. The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo held several working-level meetings in Kinshasa in 2019 with the ministry in charge of people living with disabilities and other vulnerable persons, at which it advocated for the development of a policy and national action plan on indigenous peoples. Within that 16 17 18 19 See www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25250 &LangID=E. See https://acnudh.org/acnudh-brindo-capacitacion-a-mujeres-lideres-indigenas-de-paraguay/ (in Spanish). See www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CEDAW/Pages/GRTrafficking.aspx. See A/HRC/42/55 and www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/IndigenousWomen.aspx. 13