
On 17–20 September 2012 International hosted a workshop in Kathmandu, Nepal, on successful strategies for facilitating the inclusion of marginalized groups in customary and democratic governance.
The participants at this workshop shared examples of good practice in supporting activities to improve inclusion by marginalized groups in democratic and customary/religious governance.
The main objectives of the workshop were to create a forum in which inclusion practitioners can share examples of good practice in facilitating marginalized groups’ progress from exclusion to inclusion in democratic and customary/religious governance, and to distil key elements of successful inclusion strategies that may be replicable in political context elsewhere.

Contents
Introduction
Sessions: Presentations and Discussions
Session I: Utilization of international and national protection mechanisms
Session II: Utilization of democratic governance structures and utilization of customary and religious structures
Session III: Utilization of media for successful advocacy
Session IV: Utilization of community theatre
Recommendations and Lessons
Annex 1: Participant List
Annex 2: Links to further reading
Annex 3: Feedback Poem