Incentives projects for ethnic minority groups (SPAG grants)

Traditional communities, particularly minority ethnic groups are often threatened.

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

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

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

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

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

The Committee notes that Tanzania is a multi ethnic State, with more than 120 ethnic and minority groups, and acknowledges its efforts to build a State where all groups live in harmony.

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

Technical Dispatch and Vocational Training (Vietnam) dressmaking, knitting, and mechanical repair training for ethnic minority groups in mountainous area.

Girls from ethnic minority backgrounds

According to this policy, women that belong to minority groups migrants, refugees and so called ethnic minorities deserve special attention.

Statistics on the participation of men and women and members of ethnic minority groups in the various vocational training programmes and on any measures taken to improve the training and skills of women, including rural women, and ethnic minorities statistics on the number of men and women and members of ethnic minority groups participating in private and public employment.

Human rights situation in ethnic minority areas

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

It is also concerned about continuing problems of ethnic discrimination and intolerance, particularly concerning the Roma and other minority groups, e.g. Serbs and Bosniaks.

On 1 September 2003, the Committee for the Participation of Women from Ethnic Minority Groups (PaVEM) was set up (see also article 11 13).

The Committee requests the State party to provide information in its next periodic report in this regard, including information on women belonging to ethnic minority groups.

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

Ethnic minority women are under represented in the labour market.

Kenya was truly a multiracial and multi ethnic society, with over 42 languages, and boasted of an active commission on human rights, including commissioners from minority groups.

The minority was not constitutionally recognized as an ethnic group some members had identity cards with the names of other groups, which was deemed to constitute forced assimilation.

(a) Prioritizing budgetary allocations to ensure implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, in particular those belonging to economically disadvantaged groups and minority ethnic groups, to the maximum extent of available resources and

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

Experience has shown that in societies where different national, ethnic, religious or linguistic groups coexist, the culture, history and traditions of minority groups have often been neglected and the majorities are frequently ignorant of those traditions and cultures.

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.

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

(a) About the recent reports of ethnically motivated violence directed in particular against certain minority ethnic groups in affected areas that lack the rule of law and its enforcement machinery

A large number of villages in ethnic minority areas have reportedly been burnt down and the villagers forced to relocate as a result of military offensives against armed opposition groups.

Domestic violence occurs in all ethnic groups.

The Committee recommends that the State party adopt legislation on the status of languages as well as effective measures to improve the knowledge of the Georgian language amongst minority groups and to increase the use of ethnic minority languages in the public administration.

Ethnic media outlets, including ethnic newspapers, radio stations and television networks, typically target specific ethnic and racial groups instead of the general population, such as recent immigrant audience groups.

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.

Democratization in the Arab world is not only about toppling dictators it is also about redressing the politico ethnic map of the region, which has kept too many minority groups dissatisfied.

Ethnic groups China officially recognizes 56 distinct ethnic groups, the largest ofwhich are the Han Chinese, who constitute about 91.51 of the totalpopulation.

Thus, all current and former political prisoners, about 500,000 Buddhist monks, and more than twice as many members of ethnic minority groups living close to the borders were banned from the vote.

2003 Environmental Conservation Projects (Vietnam) maintaining, managing and expanding (from 0.5 hectares to 0.75 hectares) Permaculture farm constructing 95 composting toilets in the village of ethnic minority groups in the mountainous area.

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

The rest of the languages are spoken by minority groups.

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.

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

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

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.