Awareness raising, prevention and promotion
Article 5
1. Member States shall adopt appropriate measures, such as strategies, to raise awareness among the general population, throughout their territory, with particular attention to individuals and groups at risk of discrimination, of the rights under Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC and 2004/113/EC and on the existence of equality bodies and their services. 2. Member States shall ensure that equality bodies are empowered to carry out activities to prevent discrimination and to promote equal treatment as derived from Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC and 2004/113/EC. Such activities may, inter alia, include promoting positive action and equality mainstreaming among public and private entities, providing them with relevant training, advice and support, engaging in public debate, communicating with relevant stakeholders, including the social partners, and promoting the exchange of good practices. In carrying out such activities, equality bodies can take into consideration specific situations of disadvantage resulting from intersectional discrimination, which is understood as discrimination based on a combination of grounds protected under Directives 79/7/EEC, 2000/43/EC, 2000/78/EC or 2004/113/EC. 3. Member States and equality bodies shall take into consideration appropriate communication tools and formats for each target group. They shall focus in particular on groups whose access to information can be hindered, for example due to their precarious economic status, age, disability, level of literacy, nationality or residence status, or due to their lack of access to online tools.