What is Minority group?
A '''minority''' or '''subordinate group''' is a group that does not make up most of the population of a society. For example: minor group of [[religion]], [[race (sociology)|race]], [[language]], [[LGBT]], and persons with [[disability|disabilities]]. A minority is not always a minority of numbers — it may be any group that is not normal with respect to a leading group in terms of [[social status]], [[education]], [[employment]], [[wealth]], and political [[power]], and can be an object of [[discrimination]]. For example, [[women]] may be considered a minority even if there are as many women as men because they have less power than men. [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]] by [[United Nations]] protects the right of minority group in Article 27 and [[Council of Europe]] also affirms protection for them. ==Related pages== *[[Discrimination]] *[[Declaration of Montreal]] *[[Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities]] *[[Ethnic group]] *[[Minority rights]] {{stub}} [[Category:Human rights]] [[Category:Sociology]] [[Category:Demography]]