A researcher in Uzbekistan writes, “The socially excluded could be conceived of as encompassing all those strata deprived of opportunity.” They are individuals, groups within communities, or entire communities. Ask them, and they will tell you they are shunned by mainstream culture and society. Participants in discussion groups voice three main dimensions of social illbeing: the process of alienation and isolation (social exclusion); strained social relations and diminishing social cohesion; and unequal gender relations at the community level. (Chapter 7 of the Voices of the Poor: Crying out for change), Uzbekistan, 2000.
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