A/HRC/30/56 working in educational institutions. The Working Group also urges States to take steps aimed at removing negative stereotypes and imagery in teaching materials, by promoting more inclusive education systems, and to take measures to reduce the school dropout rate for children of African descent, with greater support and attention to families and ensuring that curricula are accessible, culturally relevant, providing education in their own language and promoting their cultural heritage, where necessary. States must implement their human rights obligations regarding the content of education. 67. States should implement special measures to ensure people of African descent have access to necessary housing services, by involving communities of people of African descent as partners in housing project construction, rehabilitation and maintenance and taking measures to ensure legal security of tenure, availability of services, materials, facilities and infrastructure, affordability, habitability, accessibility, location and cultural adequacy, and prevent the forced eviction of people of African descent from their homes in both urban and rural contexts. The Working Group also urges States, in accordance with international human rights standards and their respective domestic legal frameworks, to resolve problems of ownership of ancestral lands, inhabited for generations by indigenous people and by people of African descent and illegally expropriated by colonial rulers. 68. The Working Group urges States to incorporate a gender perspective in all programmes of action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. States, international organizations, NGOs and the private sector should consult and involve women of African descent, through a participatory and inclusive approach, in the processes and decisions relating to the elaboration and implementation of programmes and plans aimed at their social development. States should ensure that development paradigms focus on equity and equality, where issues of gender, masculinity and femininity ultimately become issues of human rights and human dignity. 69. The Working Group urges States to recognize the unique situation of youth of African descent and to implement targeted opportunities and specific measures that promote and advance the development of leadership and active participation in all sectors of society. 70. The Working Group recommends that the sustainable development goals of the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 be applied as benchmarks by States to measure progress regarding the political, economic and social development of people of African descent. While grants and aid are welcome, the goal should be longterm development, especially in post-colonial societies. 71. The Working Group urges States to develop mechanisms of redress for violations of the right to development, concerning both people of African descent and of African States. Mechanisms should be available to all, including documented and undocumented migrant workers and asylum seekers. There should be people of African descent serving as officials in implementing these mechanisms. 72. States should ensure that the development and implementation of positive measures, aimed at accelerating the achievement of substantive equality and for securing equal access of Africans and people of African descent to opportunities, contribute to poverty reduction and lead to the empowerment of communities. 73. The Working Group encourages States to share good practices, including initiatives aimed at guaranteeing participation of people of African descent in decision-making, data collection and development policies addressing concerns of people of African descent. 14