Diversity - the practice of involving people who have different identity characteristics; from different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc, Gender - the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviors and roles associated with each gender. Gender is different from sex and is recognized through a spectrum of a wide range of identities, Gender equality - the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender, Equity - Fairness and justice and is distinguished from equality: Whereas equality means providing the same to all, equity means recognizing that we do not all start from the same place and must acknowledge and make adjustments to imbalances, Inclusion - the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, Exclusion - the practice of excluding someone or a group of people from the public sphere, including decision-making processes, Intersectionality - The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage, Oppressive system - systematic oppression is when the laws of a place create unequal treatment of a specific social identity group or groups. "Oppression" refers to a combination of prejudice and institutional power that creates a system that regularly and severely discriminates against some groups and benefits other groups, Integration - the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people, Historically marginalized groups - Historically marginalized communities are groups who have been relegated to the lower or peripheral edge of society. Many groups were (and some continue to be) denied full participation in mainstream cultural, social, political, and economic activities,

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