majority women. There needs to be a similar acknowledgement in recommendation 30 that harmful practices are not only found in minority communities. Without that explicit recognition, there is a danger of the recommendations perpetuating stereotypes of minority communities. This can lead to two different problems: a) that states ignore harmful practices within minority communities because they are reluctant to interfere with cultural practices. This means that minority women are not protected on an equal basis as other women or b) that states use the existence of harmful practices as a reason to crack down on all cultural practices of the minority whether harmful or not. This results in discrimination against the community. , In practice we suggest the following amendments to recommendation 30. It should start by saying that "All women have the right to protection from harmful practices. Harmful practices may be found in all communities — majority and minority". It should then go on to state "Governments should take measures to eliminate all harmful traditional and cultural practices, including those that discriminate against minority women and girls..." followed by the rest of the recommendation.