Understanding Intersectionality
The complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalised individuals or groups (see Merriam-Webster)
Kimberlé Crenshaw introduced the theory of intersectionality, the idea that when it comes to thinking about how inequalities persist, categories like gender, race, and class are best understood as overlapping and mutually constitutive rather than isolated and distinct.— Adia Harvey Wingfield
Resources on Intersectionality
Tools and Resources
- Victoria Gender Equality Act
- WHIN’s Strategy 2017-21 – see page 16
- Victorian Local Govt Association’s Rainbow Resource
- Intersectionality in Primary Prevention Builds on Safe and Equal’s commitment to intersectionality and aims to draw on existing knowledge and experience in applying an intersectional analysis and approach to the prevention of family and gender-based violence.
Pictures/Diagrams
- Intersecting Discrimination
Articles
- Importance of correct pronunciation of non-Anglo names
- What is privilege
- ”Feminism isn’t feminism, if we don’t talk about the intersections within it” | ABC Everyday
- Intersectionality & Covid
- IWD, Intersectionality & Lived Experiences
- Chenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43(6): 1241-1299.
- Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: Black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 139-168.
- Collins, P. H. (2000). Gender, Black feminism, and Black political economy. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 568: 41-53.
- Mann, S., & Kelley, L. (1997). Standing at the crossroads of modernist thought: Collins, Smith, and the new feminist epistemologies. Gender & Society, 11(4): 391-408.
- Racial inequality in academia: The journey to equity and inclusion starts within
- Humphreys, C et al. (2021). Beyond co-occurrence: Addressing the intersections of domestic violence, mental health and substance misuse
Videos/podcasts
- The urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw
- What is Intersectionality? | Newcastle University
- Inclusion & Intersectionality Webinars | NIFVS
- On Intersectionality – keynote – WOW 2016 | Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Festival of Ideas “Inclusion & Equity” | YSAS
- Intersectionality & FV | Royal Women’s Hospital
- Family violence against LGBTI people: Insights from people with lived experience | Family Safety Victoria
- LGBTIQ+ family violence | NIFVS (see also on this link: Elder Abuse, and VS’s with Disabilities)
- Addressing Coercive Control Without Criminalisation | Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
- Antoinette Braybrook, CEO Djirra, presentation at the 2019 City of Sydney Peace Prize Lecture and Award Ceremony
- Dhelk Dja – Safe our Way
- Aileen Moreton-Robinson: 20th Anniversary of Talkin’ Up to the White Woman
- Dr Kate Foord – Intersectionality – Podcast (scroll down to Podcasts & Interviews) with information sheet
- How to ask about Faith & Culture | JewishCare & FSV
Intersectionality Training
The Bayside Peninsula Integrated Family Violence Partnership team is working with Family Safety Victoria to create two training packages on embedding intersectionality into organisations MARAM response. For more information, contact the project team via [email protected]