UN Forum on Minority Issues AGENDA ITEM # 4: Minority women and effective political participation Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. My name is Lee Macqueen. I represent National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR), an NGO based in New Delhi, India. I would like to focus my intervention on Dalit women's political participation in local governance, in relation to Draft Recommendation nos, 19 & 20: Firstly, we urge the UN Forum on Minority Issues to adopt Draft Recommendation no. 19 with modification as follows: