! ! Sweden  accepted  to  intensify  efforts  intended  to  punish  and  prevent   discrimination  based  on  ethnic  grounds  in  all  areas  of  life,  in  particular  cases   affecting  women  belonging  to  ethnic  minorities  +  address  the  specific  needs  of   minorities,  particularly  women  +  take  additional  steps  to  prevent  discrimination   against  minority  women  (from  Argentina,  Bangladesh  and  Bosnia  and   Herzegovina).   Switzerland  accepted  to  strengthen  efforts  to  guarantee  equal  opportunities  in   the  labour  market,  in  particular  for  women  from  minority  groups  (from  the   Netherlands).     Roma  women  were  explicitly  mentioned  in  13  recommendations.  They  were  the   following:       ! Hungary  accepted  to  intensify  efforts  to  combat  all  forms  of  discrimination  to   make  effective  the  equality  of  opportunities,  with  particular  attention  to  women   who  are  in  the  situation  of  more  vulnerability,  such  as  those  who  belong  to  the   Roma  people  +  prevent  violence  against  Roma  women,  including  their   harassment  at  school  and  fill  the  gaps  in  Roma  women’s  formal  education  (from   Argentina  and  Iran)   ! Italy  accepted  to  take  more  effective  measures  to  combat  racial  discrimination,   in  particular  against  vulnerable  groups  of  women,  especially  Roma  (from  Chile)   ! Latvia  accepted  to  prevent  violence  against  Roma  women  and  girls,  including   harassment  and  abuse  at  school  and  address  the  gaps  in  their  formal  education   (from  Iran)   ! Macedonia  FYR  accepted  to  implement  measures  to  prevent  and  punish  violence   against  Roma  women  +  to  improve  the  situation  or  rural  women  belonging  to   ethnic  minorities,  above  all  Roma  and  Albanians  (from  Japan  and  Argentina)   ! Portugal  accepted  to  ensure  that  all  programmes,  projects  and  measures  to   combat  violence  against  women  also  reach  Roma  women  (from  Norway)   ! Romania  accepted  to  ensure  measures  to  improve  women’s  rights  through   education,  in  particular  for  the  Roma  and  rural  women  (from  Algeria)   ! Slovakia  accepted  to  take  effective  measures  to  eliminate  forms  of   discrimination  against  Roma  women  and  to  tackle  the  root  cause  of   discrimination  and  violence  against  Roma,  especially  women  (from  Brazil  and   Republic  of  Korea).  It  noted  to  guarantee  that  no  women  belonging  to  minority   groups,  including  Roma  can  be  subject  to  practices  of  forced  sterilization  and   that  victims  of  such  practices  are  provided  with  the  necessary  reparation  and   noted  to  take  concrete  steps  to  investigate  the  allegations,  including  legal  action   and  to  prevent  reoccurrence  of  forced  sterilization  of  Roma  women  and   compensate  victims  (from  Cuba  and  Japan)   ! Spain  accepted  to  increase  Roma  women’s  awareness  and  access  to  services  and   programmes  in  education,  employment,  health  care  (from  Israel.)       Muslim  women  were  mentioned  3  times:   28