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In 1961, 69 of the women minority group never attended school, compared to 30 of the male minority group.

Children belonging to a minority or indigenous group

Activities relating to the Working Group on the Promotion of Indigenous and Minority Group Names.

Therefore, the minority homosexual group had less of an influence.

Majority influence refers to the majority trying to produce conformity on the minority, while minority influence is converting the majority to adopt the thinking of the minority group.

In this situation, without safeguards for minority shareholders, the latter group may be adversely affected.

This provision is directed both towards the State and the agencies of the minority group.

Minority influence, a form of social influence, takes place when a member of a minority group, like an individual, influences a majority to accept the minority's beliefs or behaviour.

Although the majority group may accept part or all of the minority view, that fact does not necessarily indicate that the majority has been completely influenced by the minority.

The Working Group will also continue its examination of ways to mainstream minority rights in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, with the submission of a paper by the Minority Rights Group (E CN.4 Sub.2 AC.5 2005 WP.4).

When the Islamic revolution took place in Iran in February 1979, there was only one minority group in conflict with the Islamic Republic and opposed to the revolution the Kurdish minority.

They represent a distinct minority group whose identity, culture, religion and tradition are different from the majority Buddhist Thais.

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

On what basis did the State party determine that if a group did not self identify as a national minority, it had no sense of being a group?

To influence the majority, the minority group would take the approach of informational social influence (Wood, 1994), or social proof.

The Working Group was informed about the situation of the Turkmen minority in Iraq, including in areas controlled by Kurds.

In the course of the discussion, members of the Working Group and minority representatives expressed their appreciation for the paper.

It was also difficult to distinguish a minority group, as the population comprised a good number of Turks and Kurds.

Invites the Governments concerned to respond, during the session of the Working Group, to the concerns raised by the minority organizations

The non recognition of a group as a minority did not prevent that group from enjoying all the civil and political rights to which Greek citizens were entitled under the law.

With regard to the question of whether a group constituted a national ethnic minority, there were objective criteria, including the wishes of the group itself, that helped to determine its status.

The evaluation process would however give a fair warning when a minority group would be significantly discriminated against by a certain policy.

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.

Such criteria referred to the size of the group, its distinct linguistic and cultural characteristics and its wish to be treated as a minority.

Furthermore, States had a certain margin of appreciation when it came to the official recognition of a certain group of persons as a minority.

Any group with distinct linguistic and cultural characteristics therefore belonged to a minority and was entitled to protection, regardless of the State party's position.

Minority group identity requires not only tolerance but a positive attitude towards cultural pluralism on the part of the State and the larger society.

When applying those instruments it is important to define national minority , but the same problem does not arise for the 1992 Declaration on Minorities of the United Nations even if a group is held not to constitute a national minority, it can still be an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority and therefore be covered by the Declaration.

Urge Member States to adopt, in the General Assembly, the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council to establish a voluntary fund for minorities to facilitate and encourage the participation of minority representatives in minority related activities, including the Working Group on Minorities

Representatives of several NGOs in a joint statement called for the Working Group to organize a regional meeting on minority issues in the Middle East.

Libya s Jihadist Minority

The plaintiffs are members of Europe s poorest and largest minority group the Roma, or Gypsies, whose ancestors are believed to have migrated from India centuries ago.

They are in charge of coordination and assistance for more effective execution of the rights of Roma, the largest national minority group in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Compared to their ethnically Dutch peer group, the levels of both men and women from non Western ethnic minority backgrounds attending higher education are too low.

A parallel event on Minority Rights and NHRIs was organized by the NI and Minority Units, including minority fellows, during the sixteenth session of ICC.

(c) With a view to strengthening the links and cooperation between the Working Group and United Nations organizations and agencies, consider supporting, including financially, the participation of minority representatives in the meetings of the Working Group on Minorities

So called guest workers (Gastarbeiter) and their descendants, as well as refugees from the Yugoslav wars and other conflicts, also form an important minority group in Austria.

Women and minority members

Today, France s black minority is trying to organize itself along the lines of the Jewish minority.

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.

There was an appeal to the Working Group to call on the Government of Myanmar to repeal the Citizenship Law and to incorporate minority rights into national legislation.

A review of the role of the Working Group was undertaken, including its importance in providing minority participants with access to and raising issues at the United Nations, in adopting general recommendations or comments, and in cooperating with the proposed new mandate of an independent expert on minority issues.

That process should be an interaction between the persons belonging to the minority themselves, between the minority and the State, and between the minority and the wider national society.