Girls from ethnic minority backgrounds

Human rights situation in ethnic minority areas

In the early 1990s, there was considerable tension on ethnic minority issues and ethnic minority grounds between Romania and Hungary.

Incentives projects for ethnic minority groups (SPAG grants)

This reflects enormous efforts by the State in providing medical services for ethnic minority people in general and ethnic minority women in particular.

Traditional communities, particularly minority ethnic groups are often threatened.

Ethnic minority women are under represented in the labour market.

He's part of this ethnic minority called the Pontic Greeks.

There is hardly any national minority, however defined, that is not also an ethnic or linguistic minority.

Some of the women in women's refuges originate from ethnic minority groups.

A specific compensatory policy is in place to assist ethnic minority students.

However, in ethnic minority areas, divorce is usually not handled by law but by customs and practices of ethnic minorities.

Rahim Ahwaz is an Iranian human rights activist focusing on ethnic minority rights.

Education in the areas of the ethnic minority people saw a marked improvement.

Suppression, depression, occupation, persecution, annihilation, obliteration, execution, destitution, religious and ethnic minority discrimination.

Apart from that, healthcare system in the mountainous areas and for ethnic minority people has been improved, which enabled ethnic minority women to have better access to healthcare and family planning services.

These include schoolchildren and teachers, top managers, ethnic minority Dutch nationals, employers and employees.

Technical Dispatch and Vocational Training (Vietnam) dressmaking and knitting trainings to ethnic minority groups.

They requested details on government assistance to the ethnic minority communities in Northern Ireland.

Both the dominant ethnic group and the minority ethnic groups have citizenship and are able to fully participate in the political process.

Iran s main opposition has also failed to address the critical issue of ethnic minority rights.

Since 1994 the Roma Sinti (gypsies) have been an officially recognised ethnic minority in Austria.

Some ethnic minority groups actually have a higher life expectancy than the ethnically Dutch population.

There were also theatres for ethnic minorities, and newspapers, magazines and books in minority languages.

In Ukraine, newspapers and magazines are published in the languages of the minority ethnic groups.

The Turks in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as Bosnian Turks, are ethnic Turks who form the oldest ethnic minority in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Enrolment of school age ethnic minority children has increased to between 85 and 90 per cent.

There are two large minority ethnic groups in Colombia the indigenous population and the Black population.

Ethnic rivalry and minority strife threaten the stability and security of many parts of the world.

The National Commission on Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Affairs is now working on a Draft Law on Nationalities to be submitted to the National Assembly with a view to further improving socio economic conditions of the ethnic minority people.

In accordance with the Law On General Education, programme of primary education may be combined with a programme of minority education, including the native language of the respective ethnic minority, the content of studies that is related to the identity of the ethnic minority and integration in the Latvian society.

The proportion of ethnic woman teachers and headmasters in remote and ethnic minority areas will also be raised, and education quality in these areas be improved.

Minority ethnic groups are therefore often able to sway the balance of power between major competing forces.

Serious allegations were made in regard to the Ahwazi ethnic minority in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The boarding school system, which provides free education and accommodation for ethnic minority students, is being expanded.

77. Unemployment has been increasing, particularly in the north east, where the ethnic Russian minority is predominant.

Minority educational programmes include in addition content that is necessary for acquainting oneself with the respective ethnic culture and for the integration of ethnic minorities in Latvia.

One hundred per cent of ethnic minority pupils are admitted into grades 6 through 10 at public schools.

In March 2003 the Inventory of government policy on ethnic minority women and girls' was presented to Parliament.

Further information was requested on the functions of the Ombudsman and of the National and Ethnic Minority Commission.

(c) The right to decide to which ethnic and national community or minority a person wishes to belong.

Other democratic opposition groups, and genuine ethnic minority representatives, also need to be given a voice in the process.

, 26.5 of primary and 22.2 of secondary pupils at state schools in England were members of an ethnic minority.

Membership in any national minority or ethnic group may not be used to the detriment of any individual and

A project launched by the Multicultural Institute for Political Participation offers courses to ethnic minority women with political ambitions.