religious and ethnic communities who have fled to Jordan and Sweden. Minority groups suffer worse health outcomes than the rest of the population, according to a new report published by Minority Rights Group International (MRG) last week, IRIN.
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Chinese Han People With a majority population about 93, Han people can be found almost every part of China, but mainly in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, Yangtze River and Pearl. It covers a range of critical issues pertaining to minority rights, participation and representation through the prism of four country case studies: Indonesia, India, Canada and South Africa.Įach of the case study countries has been selected due to their differing experiences and approaches in this domain, the comparative insights and lessons these experiences reveal and their potential relevance and application to countries of the MENA region. For Minority Rights Group International she has researched and written extensively. 54 minorities ethnic groups (except Hui Minority) use spoken languages of their own and 23 minorities ethnic groups have their own written languages. This Discussion Paper, prepared ahead of the International IDEA Democracy Forum held in Madrid on 28–29 November 2011, explores a critical feature of the transition agenda for MENA region countries, namely promoting the rights of minorities as well as their representation and participation in the political sphere. It was founded in November 1996 as a joint project of two leading. In this context, moreover, these countries are now confronting their own versions of the multi-faceted, multi-layered democratic transition agenda. 7 Interview with Mark Lattimer, Minority Rights Group, London, 14 September 2011 8 Other Indonesian religious groups/minorities: Christians (9 per cent), Hindus (3 per cent), Buddhists and ’other’ (2 per cent). Adalah (Justice in Arabic) is an independent human rights organization and legal center. Gender Equality and Inclusion in Democracyīeginning in late 2010, from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya to Syria, Yemen, Bahrain and Jordan, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have experienced individualized versions of what has come to be known as ‘The Arab Spring’.