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Deinc and
and l ls ad
&xplain he Conrept o
Vneso ble
vantaged aoups Baplain 1ts CAne s
and ro le oP lauo to OUe
Come diseriminaion.
Iatrduh on
Vunesable and
rePe to Saqmeut aisoduntoqed
SOiath
qups
Thct are at
1ncseagedc
o hosm isciminath on, exc lo nd
mas9lna120 on ue t Sttual So ia
Cconomic he PactusS
There qmup s often fe ce Syitemc
That 1imit Thei acce
OPpoY tunitiee andl riqwtc
1neeuality and
pspetuating Cyle..
disad Vaotage
Unelenstondin Concept of vulncrsable
dis aovantaged rotps involret secocnizing the
diverce PasTo Ts dnd 5c m stan ceThat
Contbute to thei Vetnensablity.

Conce pt oP Vulnersble and isadvantaged qoapc

stuctuma vUnerr ability
Velnrrable nps may tale ctoactusa barricr
s ewbedd ed oi hin So Ciol.econOmic .nd
Poli Hcal cysteme lbet limit hei o o tunitiec

hege toa ctusa inesyedtic Con s e t Prom

historial injstice. ciscmminatoy olicie and
practied dnlaLual eusfibutio o sesoubces iand
Powes imbolanced cothin so ciety
Stuctuso NWnesabi li te may maniPegt
Qneoual aCces s to ecaCati0n, employmeut heath care
houi na and her ese uttal Services @A cell l
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dispaoitiee in legal pvoteetion ano PolitiCoel

potieipah on.

2) Social Vwnorability -
’ Socad Vensability relerss to he SLgreptbil
to cocid enleeion Shejhna dnd
Certain qrops
isc minaon based on teatos Suahes rate .ehe
qende agedisability semua Orieutosioneliot
Statt ers SO Oe ConDmic gtat
These ops may te te poeyudee Stereohpe and
1ostitztionalized tos ms o ciscoiminoion Tbat
in
hinder Theis tel pasttapati 0a 0nd in clueion
So ciery
Socia vwncoabiliy con intege ct coith othor -tor m
inoivicl uals
di'saal vantoge.eaten boting
margnale es atu anel limiti va Thei OfpDr fuitie
cwell - balg

3) Economic Vewneso bility

vwnoaability amse fo n inscfAcie t
Pcon Omi'c veat
Aoancial oesuret .can stabe enplOy meut po

Disadvontogee qrop may eseene lower 1N0mea

hig hen Unpinploy mo ut catee breLaact em doy me
resl to ereolit- fei a auets
CorcitiDe and limite
Eonomic ywnerabitey on oest in inadeqtua
Secoityimited acceato healthco se
hoingfbod in
ulnerabilihy to esploitatpn eron0mle
ard hiakted
Shocr.

4)Heath vrersabi lity vanesability

To

Cers tajn arup may teire inc@ased

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physical and meuta hoalth halle e due to facte

Saoh as inaoeguate hethco se acceRenuieno
he2oncecocial letenmi nate oe heasth a d i c n
heath co roe cqstem
Vinea ble populaions may aapes ence ispasIhe
Laheoth OutCome highen rates o chronic ieale
limited RCCeC to Yeue ntiye Care, and barriersg
access no cCtturlly Competet and iocltuerve
hea)th case SeviCes

Segal and politica) lnorabi lity -

Vwnrable anaps may enounte bosier To
accegInojcgttce leg o)pmt eahioLw and polithico
repsesetati On due teo ciceiminatoy lao policies
anelPractr ces
1imitecd lgal riste ond pot eatho s con Ieo ve
iodidual veln ble to eaploitonon ViDlonce
na enial oD basic hema rigut
Poli hi col morajnal)at oa may geCUt fyo m dntgua

leotoY 0ceSesand laot

clecist Dn- mcueino pvegsed.

|6 &nviron mêutal Ualnersobi tit

-entaia popoiowe suah as incigehocat (ommeunitiea
loLo-inc ome nerqhborhbceand marginali2gp
livivg ia poecorsotut enviío nmetal onitioue mo
Pate beighter dnoabiit to environmneutal
and disastorss

to polutt Dn tnod oquate infratuctu clnate chonge

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Kind s o Valnesabie and disadvontogd gYouns -

Dethníc and Recia Minosiltre
Thi's gvoup incl ucles inli vi d uals coho belona to
Voial ar ehnic Com meinities That ha e histoiCalle,
foced i'sominaio and Sqstemi'c tdd aen o t
1negucities
Exam ple inalude Black, lncqenoCa Latiax, Asian
and ohes nosaiali2 ed YoUa p ehnic qrocp.
"Disosimination aoaiost hege qncss Con maniPert to
foemployme and edu
heart cose
totiononddispa lties in

2] Wonen a nd CirLc
Women and irsle haue his torsically been Scebieoted t
Sendobeed discsiminah on and n egueities Ocroc
dipPeseut p heses o ife.
-This ioclude dispaihe in
O ppotunities age
educatton, em ploymeut
porit Co re preetati, ad
accesi to hearthto e Gad retdk1 ctive
1nte Se chionality Rthes mgut.
faced by coonheu be lonqingexccesbate
he Coha ldne
to nasqinali 2cd rGcla
ethnic
bac qrounA
3) Seh eoued Caute (sC) -
t SC
Commonitie ,ao chocon audalit. ace iscsm
-naton ond SOCia exclusio based
Caste sta onthes
Ihey ma
eponenre
mpl0neut heatCorse ba[ries
to accei g ducation
and Social seices
aute- bau d Volence coeL
Qnd exeloitetion.
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CsT)
ST Com munities
Compnre incligenoca
opwatËong cOho ece marging li2 ation coho re
mdSoloce me and locc cp land and rsesourcee
his togiCad toiut'e nd ole ve) opmeu
puoeots
Tkey may laak Otces to eolucatron, heatth cose
and economtc Opporstunitie .as coel a face discaim
aatm on and eplo1 tetion based on th ei tsl bal
idertit
S Perso e ooith Disabi hitte
gros inctuder neliviauals coith phyical
Sensointellectual on le velopmeutod d'sobi liie
eDho ece bos ie to Au pas'jsetion in so Ciey
Bossi erI may tackde inaccesst ble intractrsuctue
limited eucotional and employmeut Ppotu nitie
ond So cial stigma
perssDe coiTh disobi it1es otene l e n t e

toansotatt On, ond otces to plie

6&ld eo ly population
oldex oduto Face challanes Yelated to aging
Includi g aqei'sm socia is0lation.and limite acces
-to healthca se and gLpposerries
They moy aso enpenence PinanaaJ io Secuityelden
bue .neglect ond iscsimination in Vasion aSpe ct
o life

Tehilden
chidrer ae vewnorabte due to their cge fdcperd ehce
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On ad l ts 4Ïs Cose f pvote c on1hey may ta ce rista

malntutrition 4 aok o
SCLsh as oGsty ac ess to
eolu ation health toseiard pvot eati o
abwe and violene

Role o lao in ovestoning di'scimination

The le o lao to oves(ovni nq disci minatioa ie
ponamouwt ensunq hct all iadividuads arse
tseated faistey eq uitab ly and othot poeucr
) Arti -Dis csinminaton leqislation
Grovenmeuti eraot lacos ha eapla t pohiblt
disesiminan besed on vasioe qou hes Suah as
Yrace ehncity qndesage Jabl lity -seual
Osi entation
chaatrtc
These law tstabl 'sh leaa Psomeooe. that
deRne_pohibi}ecd diseiminoetion behav ior
and ronde avenue fors egose fos ocivdut
oho have erpejehced dilcsiminaion
Examples inclde the civil Riqcts Aet in The
United States The &qua Lity Aet lo United
lng dom, ond The

23A ffitmadive Action

lndi'a has impleme uted afirmatiye action policlÇi
e sersvaoue, t ddesy histomica
Inued ond pombte sepesetation nd
empoux mê ut oP mosa) nalized communites
Reserva tion polrie joclude quotad fors sche
Castei (sC s) SChealuled Tribes (T)
Bactw0nd clasies (oBC) employnu
in eduCati'on,
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and otiica oepe se tati on.

These poltcies aim to porcle oppors tuniteA
hstocally disavo ntoged groeps to acCe1S
educahon. emplo and poblieroffrce
mewt ar to
edu ce SOCOOconomi'e dispGrsttiet

33 Congtiteional Pvovisi Due

The con stittOn of lhd ta contn Ce Uersa
téando meuta rigts aocd povislouAA Tha phold
he p ineipa o egua tites , non-iccsiminaion.
and soda) jtice
Aoticle l4 q crsa nteer the riq ut to equa lity
befose The la co and eaual poteattono h e
la toc pYo hi biting isci minaton on rou nls
bith
C re'aion. race Caste Ses os ploce O
Arsticle 1s po hibi ts scrsiminahon on qround
Sace Cate sex s place of binh
in accegs to public plaresemplome ut, os
tdu catona institriOa
Arsticle i7 abolishes un touchahitity and prohibt
PYactce

4 Legal Remed ies and Reclessal Mechanisms

Indian laws pvOYe mechani'cms toro individuelk
and aoups to ceer Teqa)rsêa 0use antrsemedlies
fo clsoiinatrDn and hehan rl q t iolatioue
Victis of isorslvnin ation conle ComnplitJ coiTh
laco Ctoce met ogencied human nguts CommisOui
and Speca i2 edt bu nos etblished toaolde
Spesc form o d'scosmination
-0uots pla orociaJ gole in intoprero and
cnPoncia anti -ditommination lotoc, pyorclie Jegl
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emiolies a nd Se th poccede ut to
Con st tagionel
Pineiple

5] Publ ic Awaneg and Eolucoton

Lato plcy arole in and
elu Cat on on issue oP disCsinna 0. human mqutc
and soiad juti ce

and education aJ institetibe tonduct auoasnea

Campoaiqnstoinivg poq0mcand ntiatì Ve
pYoote Understcndl o ati -diimlntibn
lo wr l'gute among he qenesad pUblie
Vcunesae CommUnitiee

6) Intomation al Obliqatione
lndYa is a Slanatoy to Va iba intesnathona human
giat troeadies f conveutios That cbliaote The
Count to phDl Pinciples oesualitynon
discsi minath Dn and s Dcial jetiee
lnternettooal humon q uts tandanc inPorm coneste
law4 and p0l1es amed Comn bati v dicoimin et
ndivid cds
and promoti vg human o t fo
and communitie in India.

Concueion
Ondes standi a The ciyexte enpon'entes 'drd disada
challangta fec ecl be thee valneableand
-ntaged gYosup i setral f deveJopiva inclue
policie and intouet1oud aimtd
Equaity Soci al jetrce and heiman nigt
meim borss G Society