A/HRC/48/54 (h) Develop resources and expand social safety nets to respond to increased incidents of gender-based violence, child abuse, mental illness and addiction exacerbated by the pandemic; (i) Ensure urgent and effective measures to ensure the survival of indigenous peoples living in remote areas who are affected by the pandemic; (j) Adopt moratoriums on extractive projects impacting the lands of indigenous peoples during the COVID-19 recovery phase and ensure that private companies adopt COVID-19 protocols that respect the right of indigenous peoples to free, prior and informed consent; (k) Implement effective measures to end the criminalization of defenders of the rights of indigenous peoples and repeal counter-terrorism laws targeting indigenous peoples; (l) Refrain from promulgating legislation that undercuts the rights of indigenous peoples to lands, self-determination and free prior and informed consent; (m) Adopt effective national responses that include measures to secure land rights and implement conservation approaches that recognize the close relationship of indigenous peoples with nature and engage them as stewards of the environment and natural resources; (n) Ensure that pandemic emergency plans, responses and recovery measures recognize and support indigenous autonomy and inherent jurisdiction; (o) Prevent, investigate and punish acts of violence committed by State and non-State actors against indigenous peoples during the pandemic. 85. In structural terms, States should: (a) Adopt measures to eliminate systemic, institutional racial discrimination and implicit bias in public health-care systems and emergency response planning through awareness raising and anti-racism training; (b) Engage in a sustained dialogue with indigenous peoples on the long-term consequences of the pandemic for cultural heritage and livelihoods; (c) Ensure that COVID-19 recovery measures address the long-term needs and financial impact of the pandemic on indigenous peoples in terms of education, employment, housing, health and other social services; (d) Collect disaggregated data to inform future decision-making and implement strategies to collect disaggregated data on indigenous communities that (i) are approved and carried out by the communities themselves, (ii) will assist in better understanding the disproportionate impact on indigenous peoples and (iii) are regularly and accurately updated and maintained in future; (e) Address food and nutritional insecurity with culturally appropriate health resources that reinforce and support the resilience of indigenous food systems, focusing on land-based solutions that recognize the collective territorial rights of indigenous peoples; (f) Implement measures to bridge the digital divide and technology gap by increasing the number of mobile phone towers, improving Internet access and funding indigenous community radio stations; (g) Adopt measures to address gender inequality in accessing health services, social benefits and employment; (h) Promote policies to strengthen the transmission of indigenous languages and knowledge to future generations and the role of women as knowledge keepers as a way to prevent and mitigate future pandemics; 18