What is social inclusion and gender IN REDD+?
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Background: Existing barriers and inequalities
Marginalized groups—such as Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and women—often lack secure land and resource rights. They have limited decision‑making power and fewer economic opportunities, even though they rely heavily on forests. Without intentional action to address these inequalities, REDD+ benefits may be distributed unfairly, with the costs falling disproportionately on marginalized groups. Click on the buttons to learn about two examples:
Women
Indigenous Peoples
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KEY DEFINITIONS
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Process of ensuring that disadvantaged groups can fully participate in society by improving their access to opportunities, resources, and rights; and removing institutional barriers that limit their engagement. It involves making the 'rules of the game' fairer and is both a process and an outcome.
Achieving social inclusion requires actions grounded in equality, equity, and justice so that all people are empowered to exercise their rights on fair and meaningful terms.
Concept that all people, regardless of gender, enjoy the same rights, opportunities, and fair treatment to reach their full potential and participate equally in all aspects of society.
A systematic approach for ensuring that the concerns and experiences of women and men are an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes, wherein the ultimate goal is aimed at achieving gender equality.
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Social Inclusion
Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Equality
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Objectives of social inclusion and gender
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IMPORTANCE OF A SOCIAL INCLUSION AND GENDER APPROACH
- Benefits and risks of REDD+ vary widely. Without strong social inclusion, gender integration, and rights protections, existing inequalities can worsen, leading to land loss, power imbalances, exclusion, or harm for Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, and youth.
- When guided by a social inclusion and gender approach, REDD+ is able to reduce risks, strengthen forest governance and land tenure, protect biodiversity, and ensure fair benefit‑sharing for all affected and marginalized groups.
- A social inclusion and gender approach strengthens REDD+ by:
- Aligning interventions with local realities
- Improving decision quality, legitimacy, and risk management through the meaningful integration of the knowledge and priorities of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, women, and other affected groups.
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Objective 1
Operationalizes a rights-based approach within REDD+ by designing and implementing policies and activities that:
- Recognize and address structural inequalities;
- Fulfill applicable human rights obligations; and
- Ensure the meaningful, effective, and equitable participation of women, Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and other marginalized or vulnerable groups as rights holders, rather than merely stakeholders.
Objective 2
Seeks to ensure that benefits, rights, decision-making and safeguard protections are distributed and applied equitably, without reinforcing existing social or gender disparities.
Objective 3
Promotes intersectionality:
Overlapping identities—such as gender, age, ethnicity, geography, disability, and economic status—shape unequal access to resources, participation, risks, and benefits in REDD+ and therefore require tailored measures to ensure fairness and impact.
What is social inclusion and gender in REDD+?
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What is social inclusion and gender IN REDD+?
Click on the arrow to START
Background: Existing barriers and inequalities
Marginalized groups—such as Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and women—often lack secure land and resource rights. They have limited decision‑making power and fewer economic opportunities, even though they rely heavily on forests. Without intentional action to address these inequalities, REDD+ benefits may be distributed unfairly, with the costs falling disproportionately on marginalized groups. Click on the buttons to learn about two examples:
Women
Indigenous Peoples
Click on each button to learn more Then, click on the arrow to go the next page
KEY DEFINITIONS
Flip each card to learn each key definition:
Process of ensuring that disadvantaged groups can fully participate in society by improving their access to opportunities, resources, and rights; and removing institutional barriers that limit their engagement. It involves making the 'rules of the game' fairer and is both a process and an outcome. Achieving social inclusion requires actions grounded in equality, equity, and justice so that all people are empowered to exercise their rights on fair and meaningful terms.
Concept that all people, regardless of gender, enjoy the same rights, opportunities, and fair treatment to reach their full potential and participate equally in all aspects of society.
A systematic approach for ensuring that the concerns and experiences of women and men are an integral part of the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes, wherein the ultimate goal is aimed at achieving gender equality.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Use this side of the card to provide more information about a topic. Focus on one concept. Make learning and communication more efficient.
Social Inclusion
Gender Mainstreaming
Gender Equality
Title
Title
Title
Write a brief description here
Write a brief description here
Write a brief description here
Flip each card to learn more Then, click on the arrow to go the next page
Objectives of social inclusion and gender
Click on each of the three hotspots to uncover the key objectives:
CLICK ON THE HOTSPOTS to learn more Then, click on the arrow to go the next page
IMPORTANCE OF A SOCIAL INCLUSION AND GENDER APPROACH
click on the arrow to go the next page
Want to learn more about the importance of social inclusion and gender in REDD+? Read Module 1 in the full publication for more in-depth reference material.
RESTART
Objective 1
Operationalizes a rights-based approach within REDD+ by designing and implementing policies and activities that:
Objective 2
Seeks to ensure that benefits, rights, decision-making and safeguard protections are distributed and applied equitably, without reinforcing existing social or gender disparities.
Objective 3
Promotes intersectionality: Overlapping identities—such as gender, age, ethnicity, geography, disability, and economic status—shape unequal access to resources, participation, risks, and benefits in REDD+ and therefore require tailored measures to ensure fairness and impact.