• Barriers women face in accessing administration of justice and the
availability of specialized legal advices and legal literacy training;
• Violence within the community and how to address it from within;
• Abuse and targeting of women in conflicts;
• Access to education and training—discrimination between boys and
girls;
• Equal access by women belonging to minorities to humanitarian aid in
conflicts or natural disasters;
• The particular situation of refugee and internally displaced women
in camps where they may face sexual and gender-based violence or
problems in accessing specific social and health facilities, water and
sanitation, skills and vocational training, childcare or other services;
• Particular discrimination against women on the basis of work and descent
(caste) and gender, for example women being forced to do particular
tasks, such as manual scavenging, or forced into prostitution;
• Interaction between various grounds of discrimination and the special
situation of women belonging to minorities in global migration. The
specific vulnerabilities of migrant women belonging to minorities to
exploitation and abuse, including trafficking, need to be taken into
account for policy formulation;
• Supporting dialogue with women belonging to minorities especially in
conflict situations (with particular reference to Security Council resolution
1325 (2000));
• Assessing the impact of legislation and policies on addressing the
discrimination affecting women belonging to minorities;
• Supporting the training and empowerment of women belonging to
minorities;
• Supporting the creation or work of organizations focusing on the concerns
of women belonging to minorities.
C.
Are there instruments that are especially relevant for
monitoring the situation of children belonging to
minorities?
Under international human rights law, children (every human being
below 18 years of age) have the right to special care and protection. The
Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most comprehensive instrument
on this matter, recognizing civil, cultural, economic, political and social
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