Intersectionality definition

Intersectionality means a framework that promotes an understanding that individuals are shaped by interacting social locations and identities (e.g. race, sexuality, gender etc.).

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Intersectionality means that inequality and oppression are constituted by multiple, converging, or interwoven systems that together reveal multiple dimensions and forms of discrimination defining unique social groups. 84 All of the issues discussed above – education, access to information, finance, ICT, occupational segregation and such are particularly compounded when particular forms of discrimination merge. For purposes of this study, this is most felt in gender and disability. Persons with disabilities generally face difficulties in accessing education or employment, but the intersectionality of gender and disability makes women and girls with disabilities more disadvantaged than their male counterparts, a fact acknowledged in international disability law.85

Intersectionality has at its root in the word “intersection”, defined as “A place where two roads intersect; crossing; the set of common points of two lines." (DEX, 1998) The concept of “intersectional vulnerable” derives from the combination of the notion of intersectionality with that of “vulnerability - the attribute of being vulnerable - Vulnerable - a person who can be injured; which can be easily attacked, which has weak parts” (DEX, 1998). Thus, intersectional vulnerability can be defined as a specific form of vulnerability that brings together all the common elements of at least two sets of vulnerabilities. 121 EU Directive 2012/29/EU Chapter 4, Article 22 122 Cambridge Dictionary. (n.d.) Accessed September 2, 2020 at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇/dictionary/english/vulnerable Identification of special needs The first European strategy to protect victims’ rights highlights the fact that “the Victims’ Rights Directive also requires that all victims have access to protection in accordance with their individual needs. Special attention must be paid to victims with specific needs of protection from the risks of secondary, repeat victimisation, intimidation and retaliation.”123 The following sections outline the treatment and services due victims of crime in relation to special needs. Respectful treatment and recognition as victims As mentioned in paragraph 19 of the Victim’s Directive, “a person should be considered to be a victim regardless of whether an offender is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted and regardless of the familial relationship between them.” The “status” of victimhood shall therefore not be attributed on the basis of procedural considerations but on the harmful events that have affected a person physically, psychologically or economically. Nevertheless, the recognition of victims as victims may cause some challenges in the work conducted with the victims themselves and hence in the identification and protection of individuals belonging to vulnerable groups. The label of “victim” effectively places the individual in a passive position, whereas in some cases it may be more appropriate the view the crime in terms of the neglect or expression of disrespect for the individual. Individual and cultural differences are therefore key in determining whether or not labelling as individual as a victim is perceived as beneficial by that individual.

Examples of Intersectionality in a sentence

• At Article 5.03.3(b) the parties have agreed to a definition of Intersectionality.

• Intersectionality, as an analytical and intervention perspective in the area of public policies, arises when the limitations of the policies tackling the various areas of social inequality individually and separately are confirmed.

• Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis.

• Our E&D Advisor regularly attends national events, including:  Scottish Race Equality Network (SREN)  HEI Sector Liaison Group (SLG)  College Liaison Group (CLG)  National Gender Conference  Disability in Scotland: National Conference  Equality and Intersectionality: National Conference Attendance facilitates contact with other E&D professionals, and those with E&D responsibilities as part of a wider role.

• Migration and New Racism Beyond Colour and the “West:” Co-Ethnicity, Intersectionality and Postcoloniality, Ethnic and Racial Studies 45, 585-594.

• Intersectionality research investigating the health of minority groups, such as African American women, should do so within their contexts and vantage points, in contrast to using the White dominant culture as a referent (▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2003).

• Mentor school teams in sustainable use of UDL and inclusionary practices classroom observation tools School Site LRE Self- Assessment Inclusionary Practices Classroom Observation Survey – TBD Course/Project Evaluation Surveys 2022- 2023 Centering on Racial Equity and Intersectionality with Disability 1.

• Intersectionality, however, addresses how social identities are not independent, but multiple and intersecting.

• Intersectionality as a theoretical and methodological framework is well suited to analyse the position of women migrant workers (▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇, 2013).

• The Employer’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Intersectionality Task Force (“DEII Task Force”), which was established July 1, 2020, is in the process of defining the terms diversity, equity, inclusion and intersectionality and will provide such definitions to employees of the Employer.

More Definitions of Intersectionality

Intersectionality. The critical insight that race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nation, ability, and age are not mutually exclusive entities but operate as reciprocal phenomena that shapes complex social inequalities (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2015).

Intersectionality means the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class and gender as they apply to a given individual or group,

Intersectionality means a combination of one or more diversity dimensions and other personal characteristics that are part of a person’s identity (ISO 30415, 2021). The ways in which different aspects of a person’s identity (e.g., our age, care-giving responsibilities, disability status, sexual orientation, and gender identity) can come together or ‘intersect’ to form part of a person’s identity and expose them to overlapping forms of discrimination and/or marginalization. (Diversity Council Australia).