Concept in Definition ABC

The individual or group that is not integrated into an established social model finds themselves in a situation of marginalization, also known as social exclusion. What rule In general, the affected people have some problem that leads them to this situation: a mental illness, a disability, a physical or psychological dependence on an addictive substance, or a lack of employment.

In some cases, the no inclusion in society as a whole is related to the discrimination, whether for ethnic, religious or any other reasons.

Marginalization has many faces and is a phenomenon that affects both poor and advanced countries.

The economic factor

Although social exclusion is a complex phenomenon, in most circumstances it is related to the economic factor. A person without work and without some type of family or institutional support is condemned to marginalization.

Lack of income It unleashes a host of adversities and limitations of all kinds, since without money it is not possible to pay for a house, buy food and cover basic needs. Those who are victims of exclusion usually have other associated problems: social isolation, anguish and despair.

In first world countries, victims of marginalization have social services that provide them with provide some basic aid, but in underdeveloped territories the institutions do not have with the resources necessary to face this phenomenon.

Social inequality can be corrected with measures that promote equal opportunities

In every situation of social exclusion there is some form of inequality. People with a disability and who cannot access a job normally are discriminated against and this means that they do not integrate into the whole of society.

Something similar occurs with other groups: minors who are forced to leave school, adults who for reasons of age do not enter the labor market or older people who have difficulties to carry out simple tasks in life daily.

To alleviate or alleviate these imbalances, it is possible to activate measures that promote equality of opportunities. Some of them are the following:

1) promote universal accessibility so that physical limitations are not a circumstance excluding,

2) encourage the hiring of people over 45 years of age,

3) combat school dropout and

4) adopt measures so that women can make their work activity compatible with motherhood.