Are minority women particularly at risk of abuse and social exclusion and what are the precautionary measures in place to address their situation?  Promotion of identity and education and culture:    Are freedom of religion and the right to enjoy and maintain one’s own culture respected? What sort of programmes and actions can be supported to create the favourable conditions that enable minority women and men to express their characteristics and to develop their culture, language, religion, traditions and customs? In the context of the support being provided to the country in the education system, how can minorities’ enjoyment of adequate opportunities to learn their mother tongue or have instruction in their mother tongue, including the knowledge of their history, traditions, language and culture, be ensured? In a humanitarian crisis and in particular in situations of displacement, how can the right of minority children to learn their mother tongue be ensured? Promotion of non-discrimination and equality:     Are there comprehensive constitutional provisions and/or legislation on nondiscrimination, and to what extent do they reflect the rights and the protection of minorities? Are there inequalities between different groups including minorities? Are the allegations of discrimination systematically registered when the parties are minorities?  What are the possibilities for the UN Country Team to adopt a coordinated approach and fight against both social and institutional discrimination? Is there any particular situation of discrimination against minority women within their communities? How is the UN acting to protect their rights? Is there any discrimination in the access to basic services (health care, clean water, food and education) to minority groups? What are the dynamics behind multiple discrimination practices and who are the most vulnerable to it? What suitable mechanisms can be promoted to address this issue? Promotion of participation in public life:     Do minority groups have access to information relating to public policies and decisions taken on their behalf, especially when they were not involved in the decision-making processes? Is there any possibility and do mechanisms exist to ensure dialogue with minority groups at the national, regional or local government level? Do possibilities or mechanisms exist to ensure that the contributions of minority groups are taken into account and/or included in public policies? Are there any parliamentary or other kinds of lobby groups on minorities? Are minorities represented in public administration (e.g. as members of parliament, in the judicial services, and law enforcement etc)? If yes, is it proportionate with regard to the size of their communities and the interests to be addressed? If not, what could be done to promote their integration in the public service? Chapter 8: Situation Analysis Tools 113