Is social pressure or forced conversion an issue affecting the minority? If yes, how is the Government addressing this? Is there recognition of religious minorities’ holidays by the State? Are they recognized as public holidays?   Is there recognition and protection of the right to hold religious ceremonies?         What is the procedure for the appointment of religious leaders, priests and teachers, for those belonging to religious minorities? Do people belonging to religious minorities have the right to effectively participate in and be represented on religious advisory bodies? Where such advisory bodies exist, to whom do they provide counsel? Does the Government encourage interfaith and interreligious dialogue at all levels? How does it do so? Where communal and sectarian issues exist, how does the Government address such matters? Where religious education is a subject of the curriculum, what measures are in place, if any, to promote interfaith and interreligious understanding and dialogue? Does the Constitution or other national legislation declare the State to be secular and or officially recognize a religion or religions? Is there a requirement that the Head of State or other public officials belong to a certain religion? Is there a requirement to indicate religious affiliation in identity cards? What measures are in place to protect holy places, including for their non-desecration, and to ensure access to them by religious minorities? Is there government and authorities’ support for the repair and maintenance of religious buildings? Is such support subject to any restrictions? Do criteria exist for establishing new religious buildings and are they agreed to in consultation with minority religious representatives or institutions? In that regard, are the following issues of importance for the minority: keeping a geographical distance between different religious buildings or maintaining a distance between existing religious buildings and the establishment of a new religious building? E. Checklist of issues in relation to minority women:     Minority women’s access to specific social services, including education in their own language and culturally sensitive health care, child care facilities, etc. Minority women’s social and economic conditions and their relation to exploitation and abuse, including trafficking. How does poverty affect women and men differently within the minority community and the society at large? The situation of minority women vis-à-vis matrimonial property rights, land tenure and property in general. Access to employment and income-generating activities, including equal access to human and financial resources such as capital, credit, land, information and technology, training and skills development, market and saving opportunities, social networks, etc. Chapter 8: Situation Analysis Tools 117