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
Victoria Gender Equality Act
WHIN’s Strategy 2017-21 – see page 16
Victorian Local Govt Association’s Rainbow Resource
Peninsula Community Legal Centre – Supporting clients on temporary visas experiencing FV to safely leave relationships and get migration assistance – Guide to Safety Tool
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.
Taking an Intersectional ApproachBy understanding the ways that gender inequality and other forms of discrimination impact people in the workplace, we can work together to end sexual harassment against all employees.
Importance of correct pronunciation of non-Anglo names
“Feminism isn’t feminism, if we don’t talk about the intersections within it” | ABC Everyday
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
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
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]