In India, the drop out rate among disadvantaged groups is estimated at 80 .

It will also address the needs of the most disadvantaged groups such as women.

Especially disadvantaged groups in respect to employment are older employees, disabled workers and persons with special needs.

It also includes protection of the rights of members of disadvantaged groups who may be disproportionately subjected to victimization or criminalization.

(d) The continuing spread of poverty and lack of effective access to social services, which affects the disadvantaged and marginalized groups

Greater efforts must be made and special attention paid to the needs of the most disadvantaged groups, taking into account the country's multicultural reality.

The unemployment rate, especially among disadvantaged groups young people and women is staggering. In Sierra Leone alone, over 60 of the country s youth are jobless.

(a) Prioritizing budgetary allocations to ensure implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, in particular those belonging to economically disadvantaged groups and minority ethnic groups, to the maximum extent of available resources and

Planning has lacked good analyses of social issues, poverty and underlying problems related to disadvantaged population subgroups such as children, women, ethnic minorities and those living in remote areas SEDP needs to be more pro poor and responsive to specific challenges faced by disadvantaged groups.

The Committee urges HKSAR to strengthen its efforts to combat poverty and social exclusion, in particular with regard to disadvantaged and marginalized groups and older persons.

The Committee asked the Government to provide information on the action taken to promote the employment and employability of women, rural residents and other disadvantaged groups.

The individuals and groups benefiting from the CCP are located in all regions of the country and generally come from official language minorities or disadvantaged groups, such as Aboriginal people, women, racial minorities, gays and lesbians, etc.

It is finalizing, with the Government, a plan that would target vulnerable groups through the mother and child health service and school feeding in identified disadvantaged areas.

Public procurement has been employed to advance social equity objectives, for example, with special consideration given to businesses owned by certain disadvantaged groups or targets for women's employment.

States parties should ensure that parents are given appropriate support to enable them to involve young children fully in such programmes, especially the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

Criteria based assessment in organizations can address these issues through a design process that incorporates multiple perspectives and incorporates views of citizens, especially members of the disadvantaged groups.

Development potential is further impeded by the failure to develop human capital, notably youth, women and vulnerable and disadvantaged social groups such as the disabled and victims of conflict.

In assessing the impact of implementing PRSPs and government budgets on disadvantaged groups, including women, attention is focused on the development of gender sensitive diagnostic tools such as gender budgeting.

The strategy aims to improve basic social services for children, especially those from disadvantaged vulnerable groups, by creating effective demand for the services, improving access to them, and increasing their utilization.

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) contributes to the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action within the general context of addressing the needs of poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

The evidence established that the overwhelming majority of persons affected i.e. whose benefits have been terminated are women, and most of those are single mothers, one of the most disadvantaged groups in Canada.

The Committee encourages the State party to submit in its next periodic report annually collected comparative data, disaggregated by sex, age and urban rural residence, paying particular attention to disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

Representing a least developed country, my delegation is deeply concerned that the challenges and problems faced by the least developed countries and by other disadvantaged groups received little attention in the Secretary General's report.

Following the development of a national plan of action for decent work in Nepal in January 2005, which also highlights the needs of disadvantaged groups, including indigenous peoples, in all policies and programmes, the main elements of a decent work agenda for indigenous groups will now be identified.

The Committee requests MSAR to provide detailed information in its next periodic report on the extent of the coverage of its social security system, including protection for migrant workers and other disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

Most African States continue to be seriously disadvantaged.

Development of innovative, non traditional programmes and activities aimed at making services available to disadvantaged and marginalized social groups and helping the members of such groups to develop their capacities with a view to enabling them to improve their own situations and living conditions and meet their own basic needs

Puerto Ricans living in the United States reaped the fruits of colonialism They were one of the most disadvantaged social groups, particularly in the areas of employment, housing, medical care and social services as a whole.

Various assistance is available to girls in disadvantaged areas.

Mainly, however, girls are disadvantaged, both as a group and as a sub group of the disadvantaged, such as the rural poor, ethnic minorities and indigenous populations.

The Court Challenges Program (CCP), funded by the Government of Canada, provides funding for test cases of national significance in order to clarify the rights of official language minority communities and the equality rights of historically disadvantaged groups.

In order to achieve the target, new social policies will therefore be needed, such as those aimed at the most disadvantaged groups (rural and indigenous), and at nutrition programmes for children from birth to three years of age.

The Committee encourages the State party to submit in its next periodic report relevant updated and periodically collected statistical data disaggregated by sex, age and urban rural region, paying particular attention to the disadvantaged and marginalized groups of society.

Another submitted that structural racism was linked mainly to poverty and stressed the importance of data collection disaggregated by sex and race so as to identify the most disadvantaged groups in societies and to target them through appropriate policies.

In relation to political economy issues, he identified two key questions (a) how to increase the bargaining power of disadvantaged stakeholders in the value chain, and (b) whether TNCs were working with, or at least not resisting, activist and advocacy groups.

The Committee further urges the State party to increase public expenditure on education in general, and to take deliberate and targeted measures towards the progressive realization of the right to education for the disadvantaged and marginalized groups throughout the country.

Although each CPD was discreet in its own right, there were some similarities worth noting, including a focus on reduction of child poverty and inequalities among children, for example with respect to disadvantaged geographic regions and populations, including specific ethnic groups.

Every disadvantaged nation, and perhaps our own nation, becomes our patient.

Minorities are significantly disadvantaged throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina in material terms.

Reading, travelling and working with and for the disadvantaged in society.

For many disadvantaged segments of the population, however, serious challenges remain.

This puts them into a disadvantaged position in relation to other workers.

Promoting integration and combating discriminations against disadvantaged persons in the labour market

It is noted that central governments tend to be assigned control over protected areas, international trade, balance of inter regional inequities, oversight of lower level governments, protection of the rights of disadvantaged groups, and research, but this may vary depending on national context.

(a) Prioritizing budgetary allocations at the national and local levels in the context of decentralization to ensure implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights of children, in particular those belonging to economically disadvantaged groups, to the maximum extent of available resources