Incentives projects for ethnic minority groups (SPAG grants)

Traditional communities, particularly minority ethnic groups are often threatened.

The rest of the languages are spoken by minority groups.

Those minority groups may be, for example, indigenous people or foreign residents.

Women of minority groups may encounter similar problems in their own countries.

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.

Addressing questions concerning the Latvian language, she said that significant efforts had been made to encourage minority groups to learn Latvian, and that there was no evidence of language based discrimination against women from minority groups.

Will it be harder for immigrants and minority groups to live in the United States?

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

Research would address the particular vulnerabilities of children from migrant, indigenous, minority and other groups.

In 2006, the largest visible minority groups were South Asian (4.0 ), Chinese (3.9 ) and Black (2.5 ).

To achieve this, special attention is given to rural and remote areas and to minority groups.

The minority groups in Paraguay needed not only individuals to represent them but also increased autonomy.

The mechanisms chosen have to take into account whether the persons belonging to the minority in question live dispersed or in compactly settled groups, whether the minority is small or large, or an old or a new minority.

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

But protection of their existence goes beyond the duty not to destroy or deliberately weaken minority groups.

The Ramirez et al. 's 1991 study, with 2,352 students, compared three groups of Spanish speaking minority students.

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

In particular, the Muslim minority is accused and persecuted by many Buddhist extremist groups for aiming to 'dominate' Myanmar.

Incorporate input from civil society groups and members of minority communities into reports submitted by Governments to international bodies

Disseminate information and raise awareness among minority groups about the mechanisms and remedies available in the United Nations system.

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

While welcoming the information provided on minority groups, the Committee regrets the insufficiency of information on the participation of these groups in the elaboration of cultural and educational policies.

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

Forty eight Assembly seats are allocated as compensatory seats for minority groups that are unable to meet the electoral quota.

As the film clearly shows, however, the war on drugs became a war on the poor, especially on poor minority groups.

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.

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

Members of visible minority groups were added as a designated group for employment equity purposes in 1993 and were surveyed in 1994.

Acceptance of autonomy as a tool for managing diversity did not necessarily imply recognition of a collective legal identity of minority groups.

Minority protection is based on four requirements protection of the existence, non exclusion, non discrimination and non assimilation of the groups concerned.

It is estimated that minority groups living in Somalia may constitute up to one third of the Somali population, approximately 2 million people.

Systematic and widespread use and acceptance of speech or propaganda promoting hatred and or inciting violence against minority groups, particularly in the media.

Poverty is a human rights issue and a factor which impedes the full enjoyment by all, including vulnerable minority groups, of those rights.

But, in comparing groups, it is permitted to use an individual s status as member of an under represented minority in his or her favor.

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.

Individualized and private ownership may also transfer to men rights, such as cultivation rights, that women and minority groups may have under customary rules.

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

Representatives of vulnerable and minority groups had also had limited success in local elections, but more needed to be done to facilitate their nomination.

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.

(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

Provide a standing invitation to the special rapporteurs and other United Nations bodies and mechanisms to monitor the situation of minority rights and vulnerable groups

The Committee reiterates its recommendation that the State party should take effective measures to encourage the protection of the rights of children belonging to minority groups and eliminate the impunity enjoyed by those who harass these 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.