Pluralism in Hivos' view is accepting diversity and engaging with the other. Pluralism is more than tolerance, it is the active seeking of understanding across lines of difference. Pluralism is not relativism, it does not require leaving identities behind. Yet it requires accepting the rights of others, the right to design one's own life, the right to be different and the right to express one's identity. Promoting Pluralism therefore means opening spaces for dialogue and human equality. It does not mean prescribing any specific way of organising society or political system. In this section you wil find information about pluralism as a concept about specific issues such as gender, civic pluralism and religion. These are central issues to the Knowledge Programme on Promoting Pluralism.