Description

Analytical tool for studying, understanding and responding to the ways in which sex and gender intersect with other personal characteristics/identities, and how these intersections contribute to unique experiences of discrimination.

See also: intersectional discrimination, multiple discrimination

Additional notes and information

It starts from the premise that people live multiple, layered identities derived from social relations, history and the operation of structures of power. Intersectional analysis aims to reveal multiple identities, exposing the different types of intersectional and multiple discrimination and disadvantage that occur as a consequence of the combination of identities and the intersection of sex and gender with other grounds.

Sources

Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (2009). Glossary of Gender-Related Terms. Available at: http://www.intergroupresources.com/rc/Intersectionality%20-%20a%20Tool%…