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and other benefits of the parks. Also in this connection, park authorities should ensure due
process in the prosecution and punishment of alleged breaches of park regulations, and
should penalize any mistreatment or abuses of local individuals committed by park guards.
Cultural heritage
91. NDFIN should develop a national programme aimed at promoting the conservation
and development of the cultural heritage of the Adivasi Janajati, including indigenous
languages, traditional medicines and healing practices, religious or spiritual sites and
practices, and cultural traditions and festivities, with the involvement of all Government
ministries or agencies concerned and with the participation of Adivasi Janajati
representatives.
92. Existing plans for bilingual education should be enforced as a matter of priority in
order to promote the revitalization and development of Adivasi Janajati languages,
including by allocating the required human and financial resources to allow for effective
implementation of such programmes.
Social and economic development
93. Special programmes and policies should be strengthened and developed in order
to promote the social and economic development and access to public services of the
Adivasi Janajati, in accordance with their own priorities and cultures, and with their full
participation.
94. A plan of urgency should be developed in order to confront the social and economic
conditions of Adivasi Janajati communities listed as endangered or highly marginalized
indigenous groups, including the former bonded labourers such as the Kamaiyas. With
regard to the former bonded labourers in particular, the Government should at a
minimum move swiftly to fulfil and strengthen existing commitments to them for their
rehabilitation.
Women
95. Renewed efforts to promote the rights of indigenous women should be urgently put in
place, including measures to improve their representation and to eliminate all forms of
discrimination and violence against them, with the active involvement of indigenous women
and their organizations.
Children
96. The Government should strengthen programmes to ensure the well-being and
development of indigenous children in all spheres of life, in a manner conducive to the
strengthening of their cultural identities.
97. Measures should be enhanced to eradicate the Kamalari practice of bonded child
labour and to rehabilitate children who have been victims of that system.