A/HRC/16/46 economic life. Representatives of minority communities, including women, and traditional leadership institutions should be engaged in a meaningful participatory process in all aspects of the implementation of the recommendations. 12. Strategies for the inclusion of minorities in economic life should take into account the diversity of situation, identity and interests of minority groups. Different minority groups within a given country can have varying degrees of economic participation and diverse goals for economic inclusion, differentiated further by factors such as age and gender. In some minority groups, mainstream economic activities may be considered incompatible with or harmful to their livelihoods, cultural life and the exercise of their rights. Governments and other actors should be respectful of alternative forms of economic life and different development priorities expressed by minority groups, recognizing that such accommodation is integral to the protection of minority rights and the development of society as a whole. 13. Particular attention should be given to multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against minorities, including on the basis of sex, age, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity. Intersectional discrimination deepens and complicates the impact of the denial of access to jobs, housing and other economic rights, making it more difficult to identify sustainable solutions. Minority women in rural or remote areas in some countries must cope with a profound isolation created by boundaries of the home, lack of education and language barriers. Their workload is made heavier by the lack of basic amenities such as clean water and sanitation, cheap and clean cooking fuels, the availability of child-care support, and protection against domestic and societal violence. Entrenched gender roles leave women highly vulnerable, particularly with regard to ownership of land or property, inheritance rights and access to credit, technology or markets. 14. Increasingly informal labour markets, a result of globalization, have brought more women into paid work, but often with low pay and under poor working conditions. This renders the conditions under which minority women - and all too often young girls - earn incomes difficult, harmful or even dangerous. 15. The right of minorities to participate effectively in economic life must be taken fully into account by Governments in all policy initiatives. From implementing nondiscrimination in employment and enforcing protection laws in the private sector to developing national economic development and international development assistance schemes, Governments face the constant challenge of ensuring that the rights of minorities are protected and that they benefit as equal members of society. Development agencies, financial institutions and other actors involved in international cooperation share this challenge and should ensure that minority rights are protected fully in their response to the current global financial and employment crisis. III. Recommendations A. Governments 16. Governments should eliminate de jure and de facto discrimination affecting participation in economic life for minorities. Measures must be taken to eliminate discrimination against minorities in both the public and private sectors, including in the key fields of employment and labour rights, financial services, education and training, productivity-enhancing technologies, social security, land tenure and property rights. Governments should recognize and address multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination against minorities, including on the basis of sex, age, sexual 5