A/HRC/24/52 88. States, through their government bodies, as well as national statistics institutes, human rights institutions and organizations for racial equality, in conformity with their mandates, should: (a) Include questions on the identities of people of African descent in all relevant data-collection and disaggregation activities; (b) Conduct prior research and contextualize the data system so as to ensure that the data are culturally relevant and use appropriate terminology; (c) Produce qualitative data to complement quantitative information in order to enhance knowledge of the level of well-being of people of African descent; (d) Produce data illustrating the situation of women and children of people of African descent; (e) Contribute to formulating survey questions in order to gather information on perceptions of people of African descent; (f) Respect and develop methods of self-identification and free consent and encourage participation by people of African descent in all stages of the process, from design to collecting data, formulating questions and analysing results; (g) Sensitize and train staff of national statistics institutes responsible for collecting and disaggregating data, in human rights and the culture, history and linguistic profile of the communities about which they will be gathering information; (h) Carry out pre- and post-census awareness campaigns on the importance of gathering disaggregated data and disseminate results through the media. Published data should be accompanied by a careful analysis so that the information can serve as a useful tool in devising public policies for racial advancement. (HRI/MC/2008/3). 20