A/HRC/34/21 64. Suriname was invited to take measures to encourage the practice of exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, with a particular focus on minority communities. B. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 65. The concluding observations on the reports of Czechia (CEDAW/C/CZE/CO/6), Japan (CEDAW/C/JPN/CO/7-8) and Sweden (CEDAW/C/SWE/CO/8-9), adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women at its sixty-third session, addressed issues affecting minorities. 66. The Committee called upon Czechia to adopt measures to prevent trafficking in Roma women. It also made several recommendations about Roma women and girls, in connection with politics and public administration, poverty, disaggregated data and education. 67. The Committee recommended that Japan eliminate discrimination against ethnic minority women and adopt measures to prohibit and sanction sexist speech and propaganda advocating racial superiority, hatred and attacks against women belonging to minority groups. 68. With regard to Sweden, the Committee expressed concern that women belonging to minority groups continue to face widespread discrimination in a myriad of areas. 69. The concluding observations on the reports of Albania (CEDAW/C/ALB/CO/4), France (CEDAW/C/FRA/CO/7-8), Myanmar (CEDAW/C/MMR/CO/4-5) and Turkey (CEDAW/C/TUR/CO/7), adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fourth session, dealt with the rights of minorities. 70. The Committee recommended that Albania reduce school dropout rates among Roma girls, provide access to education for all children belonging to minority groups and ensure equal access to the formal labour market for women belonging to linguistic and ethnic minorities. 71. France was encouraged to combat all forms of discrimination against minority women, including by improving employment opportunities and access to education. 72. The Committee made a number of recommendations to Myanmar about ethnic minority women, such as the Rohingya. 73. Turkey was called upon to ensure that Kurdish women and other minority women have access to sexual and reproductive health services. C. Human Rights Committee 74. The concluding observations on the reports of Slovenia (CCPR/C/SVN/CO/3) and Sweden (CCPR/C/SWE/CO/7), adopted by the Human Rights Committee at its 116th session, addressed minority issues. 75. The Committee expressed concern about the use of racist and xenophobic rhetoric by Slovene political figures and recommended that Slovenia strengthen its efforts to prevent and eradicate all forms of racism and xenophobia. 76. Sweden was asked to redouble its efforts to combat racist and xenophobic violence, hate speech and attacks against religious minorities, as well as negative stereotyping of ethnic and religious minorities. 13

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