Social exclusion
- Social exclusion is a process and a state that prevents individuals or groups from full participation in social, economic and political life and from asserting their rights.
- It derives from exclusionary relationships based on power.
- It is studies based on following:
a) Economically poor: Based on poor class people living on less than 5000 NRs monthly per capita, or having less than six months food sufficiency
b) Socially Disadvantaged: based on gender eg, Women and different sexual orientation; based on caste and ethnicity (Dalit, Janajati; Madhesi, ethnic minorities, discriminated Newar)
c) Geographical exclusion: People living in geographical regions/remote areas which have distinct terrain for people’s movement, transportation, communication and for accessing services eg; drinking water, health services, school, financial institution, other supportive mechanism/networks and harmful belief and practices.
d) Vulnerability: Migrant, conflict affected person, internal displaced people, HIV-Aids, Trafficked women, single women.