Inclusion is the act and result of including . The verb include, in turn, refers to containing or placing someone or something within a set or thing .
For example: "Promoting social inclusion is the main objective of our government" , "The inclusion of the young Ecuadorian in the starting line-up surprised journalists" , "All public schools must guarantee the inclusion of children with disabilities" .
The idea of inclusion is usually linked to social inclusion . It is understood that a society must offer certain services and opportunities to people, respecting all their rights. Those who do not have access to these benefits or suffer violations of their rights are classified as socially excluded. Therefore, social inclusion aims to ensure that no one is excluded or "outside" the social fabric.
Social inclusion, in this way, is reflected in issues such as access to education , health and work. Promoting inclusion is an obligation of the authorities that administer the State.
The notion of inclusion can also focus on specific problems. The inclusion of individuals with some type of physical disability , for example, must be guaranteed by improving the accessibility of public spaces. In this sense, the streets should have ramps for those who travel in wheelchairs, to mention a necessary measure.
But social inclusion is a much more complex phenomenon , which is why it encompasses a series of actions on different levels, both material and emotional. First of all, it is necessary to clarify that to include all citizens in a given society, that is, to ensure that no one feels excluded or less respected than others , we must educate the population to carry out this task naturally. in your day to day life.
Given that the problem of social exclusion has existed since time immemorial and that we must solve it as we go, awareness plans must cover young children on the one hand and adults on the other. Childhood is the ideal period of life to learn fundamental concepts such as compassion, empathy and generosity; A person whose upbringing is based on these and other principles of coexistence is very likely to become a respectful being.
We could say that educating children is "the easy part", but there is a drawback: teachers are adults, and if they do not believe in the aforementioned principles, they can hardly transmit them in the appropriate way, causing the necessary impact on their students. so that they understand the importance of being a good person.
And this brings us to the other part of the plan: the adults. Contrary to what was said in the previous paragraph, someone who is raised in an environment of contempt and hatred for others does not have much chance of becoming a compassionate being. Machismo and all its consequences beyond the imposition of the male in society is one of the most dangerous seeds of hatred, and therefore the enrichment of a sexist community is not possible.
Social inclusion, therefore, aims to ensure that no person feels that their rights have been violated, that their space in society is being occupied by another. In an ideal society, there should be no wall dividing us and no valid reason to deprive one group of the rights that others have.
In the field of mineralogy , on the other hand, an inclusion is mentioned as a material that is enclosed in a mineral or a rock . A fly caught in a fragment of amber is an inclusion.