First United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, Geneva, December 15-16
The right to education for minority communities and groups is the theme of the first United Nations Forum on Minority Issues taking place in Geneva on December 15-16.
The Forum, “Minorities and the Right to Education”, aims to provide an annual platform for dialogue and cooperation on issues pertaining to people of national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities.
Worldwide, minority children continue to suffer disproportionately from unequal access to quality education which perpetuates the cycle of poverty leaving them unable to later fulfil their potential in employment and society. The international frameworks on equal access to quality education for minorities will be discussed at this first forum.
The Forum, which is organized by the UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues, Professor Gay McDougall, and the OHCHR, in collaboration with UNESCO, will be attended by a number of experts and human rights activists and will prepare a Recommendation to go before the Human Rights Council.
Contact: K.Singh(at)uneso.org