A/HRC/25/66 religious minority rights and the religious communities in the State, and ensure that minority issues are fully reflected in and mainstreamed into school curricula. School texts must be reviewed to ensure that they reflect and are appropriate for religious minorities, and do not convey negative stereotypes about them, or about the majority religion, if any. F. Training and awareness-raising 46. All actors should take initiatives to raise awareness of issues affecting religious minorities. This should include campaigns on the rights of persons belonging to religious minorities, with activities aimed at the promotion of the Declaration and relevant national legislation, as well as information on existing specialized minority-rights and equality bodies, departments or agencies, and their services. Outreach should be targeted at religious minority communities, including via minority media and in minority localities and languages, as well as to the wider society. 47. In conformity with the Declaration, States should take measures to encourage knowledge of the religions, history, traditions, language and culture of the religious minorities that exist within their territory. Measures to inform society at large may include, for example, the development of resource materials on the history, culture, traditions, and positive contributions to society of the different religious groups present in the State, as well as media-based initiatives to encourage knowledge about religious minorities. 48. Training initiatives on minority rights, non-discrimination and equality, freedom of religion or belief, and good practices and methodologies should be considered within all relevant public institutions. Public and law enforcement officials should be provided with such training, and monitoring and oversight mechanisms should be put in place to identify and punish discriminatory behaviour when dealing with religious minorities, particularly in cases of intentional exclusion or harassment and religious or ethnic profiling. G. Research and data 49. States should undertake research and data-gathering exercises, including in the context of national census surveys, aimed at compiling detailed information on the demographic and socioeconomic situation of religious minorities in their country. 50. Disaggregated data should be gathered that are quantitative and qualitative in nature and that include consideration of the situation of religious minorities relative to other members of society. Research should assess the freedom of persons belonging to religious minorities to practise their religion, culture and traditions, and should consider key areas of minority concern, including access to quality education, employment, health and housing, and the ability to participate effectively in public life. 51. National statistical bodies should be mandated to collect data on religious minorities. Governments should also consider, where necessary, providing support to the work of non-governmental organizations and research centres to initiate research projects relevant to the religious minorities in the State/region, where necessary. In all circumstances, research and census staff should be appropriately trained to collect data with cultural sensitivity in diverse faith communities. 52. A full picture of the religious and belief diversity in a State should include all religions and belief groups. Data collection should be conducted in a sensitive manner and on a voluntary basis, consistent with the right of religious minorities to self-identification, with full respect for the privacy and anonymity of the individuals concerned, and in accordance with international standards of personal data protection. 9