A/HRC/FMI/2017/1 agents of positive change in the attitude of other groups towards minorities, while keeping their distinctive cultural, religious and linguistic features. Participants may highlight how the specific needs and aspirations of young minority people must be carefully taken into account by national institutions when developing policies targeted at youth and minority youth. They may discuss issues pertaining to the development of youth policies and other sectoral policies affecting minority youth, such as the importance of collecting data that are disaggregated by a number of factors, including cultural or ethnic background, religion and primary language spoken, and the importance of minority youth participation at all stages of development of such policies. Acknowledging that minority youth may be subject to double discrimination in decisionmaking processes, participants will examine the obstacles preventing minority youth from participating effectively in political, social, economic and cultural life. Participants may provide examples of successful initiatives that have boosted the participation of minority youth representatives in public activities, such as youth parliaments, municipal youth advisory bodies, the organization of minority youth into civil society organizations or the creation or funding of recreational opportunities that are specially designed for minority youth or aimed at fully integrating minority identities. 4. Minority youth and the media in the digital age: acceptance and opportunity Participants will examine how to ensure that minority youth, and young women in particular, have equal opportunities to use the Internet and other forms of digital communication in order to exercise and defend their rights. Participants will be encouraged to consider how digital space can be used by various national and international institutions to challenge the dominant narratives in the traditional mainstream media and give a new voice to minority youth in the media landscape. Participants are invited to analyse how digital media are, or could be, used to efficiently disseminate information about minority rights and issues; to promote awareness and acceptance of diversity in society; and to solicit and analyse minority youth’s concerns and views, while respecting their right to privacy. They may look at examples of media launched and/or led by minority youth, particularly in the digital/social space, which act as platforms for advocacy and activism (e.g. YouTube channels, websites exploring issues specific to the minority community). 5. Minority youth: agents of change for peace and stability Against the background of Security Council resolution 2250 (2015) and with reference to the Amman Youth Declaration on Youth, Peace and Security, participants will discuss the need for meaningful minority youth involvement — including young minority women — at all levels of peacebuilding, conflict prevention and countering of violence and violent extremism. Participants may consider the importance of inclusion and equality measures aimed at minority youth, which can help defuse situations of hostility or misunderstanding in societies and actively prevent intercommunal violence or armed conflict. They will consider the role of youth work and activism in supporting the development of sustainable, democratic and diverse societies. They may consider the creative and effective role played by minority youth in faith-based peacebuilding initiatives, using dialogue, building relationships, reconciliation and forgiveness, focusing on commonalities while respecting differences. With reference to the Guiding Principles on Young People’s Participation in Peacebuilding of the Inter-Agency Working Group on Youth and Peacebuilding, participants are invited to consider the value of young minority people’s diversity and experiences in peacebuilding, and reflect on the benefits of minority youth ownership and leadership in this process. Participants will consider young minority men and women as valuable innovators and agents of change, whose contributions should be actively supported, solicited and included as an essential part of building peaceful communities and supporting democratic 3