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- Mainstreaming
Mainstreaming means that a specific topic must be considered in all decisions and processes. In development policy, a mainstreaming approach is pursued in areas such as gender equality (gender mainstreaming), inclusion of persons with disabilities, and action against HIV/AIDS. Gender mainstreaming is thus the strategic approach for promoting gender equality. This means that in political and social projects and decisions, the diverse life situations and interests of women, men and people with other gender identities must be considered.
- Marginalisation
Marginalisation describes the process whereby individuals or groups are pushed to the edges of society. It is based on the notion that there is a “centre of society“ and that people may be closer to it or further away. People may typically experi ence social, cultural, economic or geographical marginalisation. It often takes place at several levels simultaneously – for example, in the case of a single mother who lives in a peripheral urban area with poor amenities.
- MENA
Middle East and North Africa
- Menstrual health and hygiene
Menstrual health and hygiene includes menstruation hygiene management and other systemic factors that link menstruation to health, wellbeing, gender equality, education, equal opportunities, empowerment and rights. These systemic factors include accurate and timely knowledge-sharing, the availability of safe and affordable period products, well-informed and competent professionals, access to health services, sanitation and washing facilities, positive social norms, and safe and hygienic disposal.
- MHPSS
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support refers to any type of local or outside support that aims to protect promote psychosocial well-being and/or prevent or treat mental disorder.
- MSP
A Multi-Stakeholder Partnership is a form of cooperation in which actors from at least three different sectors (state, organized civil society, private sector or academia) organize and work together on a long-term basis.
- Multiple Discrimination
Multiple discrimination occurs when a person belongs to different marginalized groups and is discriminated against on the basis of several identity characteristics (e.g. gender, skin color, sexual orientation, religion).