16. States should establish education systems, including vocational training, to ensure that everyone has equal access to acquire the skills necessary to participate effectively in the economy. Relevant authorities may consider taking positive action measures to support access to education and training for persons belonging to national minorities and to widen their economic participation, especially for national minority youth and women. 17. States should ensure that in accessing public goods and services, persons belonging to national minorities are able to do so in a language that they understand, and preferably in their own language, as well as in an environment that is respectful of their agency and identity, including their gender. Public service providers should accommodate and respond to these needs. 18. States should eliminate inequalities in the housing status of persons belonging to national minorities, including by taking measures to reduce homelessness, address the general quality of housing, combat housing segregation, create favourable financing conditions for accessing adequate housing, and prevent discrimination on the housing and rental markets. 19. States should institute measures for affordable and inclusive health care. Public health information campaigns should be inclusive of minorities, communicate information in minority languages and be culturally sensitive to the situation of persons belonging to national minorities. Where relevant, health mediators should be used. Medical staff should receive training to provide services to persons belonging to national minorities in a culturally sensitive manner. The use of minority languages in communication with medical staff should be facilitated. Sexual and reproductive health and information services should be universally available and accessible to national minorities, taking the needs of women, youth and children from national minority backgrounds into account. States must combat discrimination in the provision of health care services. 20. States should adopt measures to reduce unemployment rates among persons belonging to national minorities, especially in economically disadvantaged regions. Measures should be instituted to ensure fair pay for all without discrimination and promote inclusivity in the formal labour market. States should disseminate labour law standards and information to national minorities in a language and in terms they can understand. Measures should be instituted to promote the inclusion of minority youth and women in the formal labour market, including through internships and paid parental leave. Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Social and Economic Life 13