national policies and programs are planned and implemented with due regard to the legitimate interests of persons belonging to minorities, so that such States protect the existence and identity of such minorities within their territories. We must insist on the need for disaggregated statistical and systematic quality as a fundamental technical tool for decision making and to construct informed policies. We must continue to promote the real political participation of minority women in their level of political parties, government institutions and even inclusion in international organizations, making a crossing of multiculturalism in all affirmative action for women. Similarly, it is necessary the mainstreaming of the generational component in the development and implementation of public policies and cooperation. This is necessary to ensure the vision and active participation of young women in their economic and political empowerment. We must not perpetuate the old unequal structures even at the level of social organizations, largely grounded in a patriarchal and sexist adult-centric vision; a major weakness of these social movements that undermine the necessary processes of intergenerational dialogue promoted by the youth. It is important to note the efforts taken by new partners and strategic partners for empowerment and inclusive development of the young people of African descent; partners such as: 1. The National Institute of Women of Costa Rica, currently led by a woman of African descent, who after consultations with the various groups and women's organizations in the country, has been given the task of exerting a role as trainer, facilitator and articulator to open autonomous spaces for their empowerment. 2. Population Fund, United Nations, particularly the Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, who is especially committed with the processes of strengthening of African Descent Youths. They strongly support the process of the first World Summit of African descent Youth and studies such as the recent "Youth African descent in Latin America: Different Realities and Unredeemed Rights " report. 3. The Inter-American Development Bank, which has produced a very interesting and useful tool at the institutional level, the Guide About Good Practices for Political and Social Inclusion of Women of African Descent in Central America. We are at a crucial time, characterized by the resurgence of vital importance for the progress of people, the YOUTH. We have witnessed how the strength and passion for the pursuit of freedom and equality, coupled with the power that entails the use of new information technologies and communication, have been the driving forces for the various groups led by young people, who are the architects of structural changes in countries around the world.