disadvantaged group definition
disadvantaged group means persons denied by mainstream society access to resources and tools that are useful for their survival in a way that disadvantages them or individuals who have been subjected to prejudice or cultural bias because of their identities as members of groups or categories of persons without regard to their individual qualities, and includes enterprises in which a majority of the members or shareholders are youth, women, persons with disability or categories as shall be prescribed;
disadvantaged group means a homeless or temporarily displaced group.
disadvantaged group means a group of people in vulnerable situations, including people experiencing or at risk of poverty, social exclusion or discrimination in its multiple dimensions;
More Definitions of disadvantaged group
disadvantaged group means persons perceived to be denied, by mainstream society access to resources and tools which are useful for their survival in a way that disadvantages them, or who have been subjected to prejudice or cultural bias because of their identities as members of groups without regard to their individual qualities, and includes enterprises owned by women, the youth and persons with disabilities;
disadvantaged group means a group of persons perceived to be denied by mainstream society of access to resources and tools which are useful for their survival in a way that disadvantages them, or individuals who have been subjected to prejudice or cultural bias because of their identity as members of a certain group without regard to their individual qualities, and includes enterprises in which a majority of the members or shareholders are youth, women or persons with disability;
disadvantaged group means the children below poverty line of children belonging to minorities or handicapped children or children living in very backward remote rural areas;
disadvantaged group means groups of persons that experience a higher risk of poverty, social exclusion, discrimination and violence than the general population, and may be in the nature of ethnic minorities, migrants, persons with disabilities, isolated elderly persons and children;
disadvantaged group means a group of individuals who are homeless or temporarily displaced.
disadvantaged group means such group as defined by the State Government by notification;
disadvantaged group means those who experience discrimination or barriers to equal opportunity, including Indigenous people, racialized groups, LBGTQ+ people, at-risk youth, the working poor, people with disabilities, the long-term unemployed and women.