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 scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other socially and educationally backward classes, and such other groups disadvantaged due to economic, social, cultural, linguistic, gender, administrative, locational, disability or other factors, and notified as a disadvantaged group in relation to an area, in such manner as may be prescribed.
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 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 or persons with disability;
disadvantaged group means the children below poverty line or children belonging to minorities or handicapped children or children living in very backward remote rural areas;
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.
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 individuals 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;