In 1989, the legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw used the term "intersectionality" for the first time to describe the multiple avenues of discrimination that people face when their identity encompasses a ...

Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local politicians. Though these terms have become commonplace over the last few years, ...

What is intersectionality? Think of it like the ingredients needed to make a cake, Brandeis University lecturer Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson said at a recent Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogue.

Understanding intersectionality and the complex and cumulative way that different forms of discrimination like sexism, ageism, racism and classism overlap and affect people is crucial for leaders who ...

You’ve probably heard the term “intersectionality” before. It’s cropped up in everyday vocabulary in recent years and is typically mentioned in the same breaths as inequity, injustice or oppression.

What is intersectionality? This relatively new term has to do with each individual's unique experiences of discrimination and stigma, experiencing intersecting layers of oppression from different ...

The way we talk about society and the people and structures in it is constantly changing. One term you may come across this International Women’s Day is “intersectionality”. And specifically, the ...

Kimberlé Crenshaw is a profesor in the UCLA School of Law and at Columbia Law School, as well as the executive director of the African American Policy Forum. This op-ed appeared Sept. 24 in the ...

“Intersectionality” – a word most commonly used in relation to feminism – can be hard to define and easy to abuse. Still, it remains essential for analysing and changing patterns of inequality and ...