A/76/162 sweeping changes in part to further expand “tourism development”: these changes include the draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation, 2021, changing property rights to allow the expropriation of land “for development”, the demolition of traditional fisher sheds, the development of tourism resorts, the freeing up of alcohol sales and restrictions on raising of cattle and consumption of beef, without any consultation or agreement with the Muslim inhabitants of the territory, who make up more than 96 per cent of its population. 74. From a human rights point of view, and consistent with the warning issued in the United Nations/World Bank Group report on inclusive approaches to preventing violent conflict, the development measures described above appear to have discriminated against indigenous and other minorities, with employment, profits and benefits funnelled mainly towards central authorities and with native minorities receiving little or no benefits, and in some cases massive damage to their local environment, dislocation and even increased poverty. In other words, development in these and many other cases may increase horizontal inequalities unless States are fully aware of the consequences of development on minorities and take active steps to measure the impact of development efforts on minorities and indigenous peoples, who may be more susceptible to systemic marginalization in many societies. 75. Unfortunately, almost none of the measures or indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals currently acknowledge or provide for the identification and measurement of the risks of growing horizontal inequalities throug h development, and therefore omit to address how to leave no one behind through shared and equal prosperity for these often-excluded communities. Instead of inclusive growth being a priority, development can exacerbate exclusion and marginalization that ri sks being invisible, and lead to tensions, growing inequality and the maintenance of systemic discrimination against minorities and indigenous peoples. 48 Even more unacceptable is the disregard of the situation of minority women, which needed particular at tention in the area of economic development impact. The intersection of discrimination on the basis of gender and ethnicity, religion or language needed to be considered systematically in development efforts. Instead, despite it being well established that women from marginalized populations, such as minorities and indigenous communities, are the overwhelming number of those excluded from the benefits of development initiatives and living in poverty worldwide, minority women are largely omitted and invisible in the data and measurements of progress of the 2030 Agenda. IV. Concluding remarks and recommendations 76. A human rights-based approach requires greater focus in the Sustainable Development Goals and their measures and indicators on the marginalized, most disadvantaged and excluded groups in order to reduce disparities and horizontal inequalities where most needed. Such an approach would require that efforts and resources target the most vulnerable and excluded groups. There cannot be equality for all if no attempt is made to measure the inequalities that already exist, especially for the most marginalized groups in terms of participation in social and economic development. Among the most marginalized are minorities, particularly minority women. 77. While the 2030 Agenda and measures and indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals made impressive leaps forward with the prioritization of gender issues and the importance of measuring progress towards the Goals through gender-disaggregated data, critically, the absence of disaggregation on __________________ 48 21-09902 Ibid. 19/22