narticipate and contribute cultural development provide control to the of the nation as access to them equal of production, and resources and benefits in the political, economic, social, and well as those which shall ownership, management, and of material and informational family, community, and society. (b) "Discrimination Against Women" to any gender-based distinction, exclusion, or restriction refers which has the effect or purpose of impairing or the enjoyment, or exercise by women, nullifying irrespective recognition, of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men and of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the women, political, economic, social, cultural, civil, or any other field. It includes any administrative act omission, including by law, policy, measure, practice, that directly or or or excludes or restricts women in the recognition and indirectly of their rights and their access to and enjoyment of promotion opportunities, benefits, or privileges. A measure or practice of general application is discrimination against women if it fails to provide for mechanisms to offset or address sex or gender-based disadvantages or limitations of women, as a result of which women are denied or restricted in the recognition and protection of their rights and in their access to and enjoyment of opportunities, benefits, or privileges; or women, more than men, are shown to have suffered the greater adverse effects of those measures or practices. Provided, finally, That discrimination compounded by or ntersecting with other grounds, status, or condition, such as ethnicity, age, poverty, or religion shall be considered discrimination against women under this Act. (c) "Marginalization" refers to a condition where whole category of people is excluded from useful and meaningful participation in political, economic, social, and cultural life. (d) "Marginalized" refers to the basic, disadvantaged Or vulnerable persons or groups who are mostly living in