Appendix A

Diversity and Gender Equality Issues for Your Consideration

Your proposal should show how you will address the needs and experiences of participants/beneficiaries who come from different social groups and diverse communities. These are the kinds of issues you should take into account when you set out your project objectives and activities. The proposal should indicate how your project will address these varying needs and experiences, including, but not limited to:

• ethno-cultural/racial background
  
• Aboriginal origin
  
• immigration status
  
• economic status
  
• gender
  
• age
  
• sexual orientation
  
• physical and mental ability
  
• literacy
  
• religion
  
• geographical location
  
• family status and responsibility for care of dependants.

In formulating your objectives and determining your proposed activities, you should take into account the diverse experiences and realities of members of these groups or communities. You should identify the kind of information you may need to assist you in identifying these realities. There may well be certain factors affecting your priority group or beneficiaries that are obvious and play a major role in your project. At the same time, there are likely some other factors that are less apparent but equally relevant. You will need to ensure that no elements of your project are problematic for some members of the priority group or beneficiaries. As the project develops you may find ways to adapt to the obvious as well as not so obvious needs of your intended audience, participants or beneficiaries.

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