Intersectionality considers how power relations arise and interact from social position including but not limited to race, class, gender, and ability. The recent March 4 Justice and Black Lives Matter challenge us to think about how these power dynamics play out and matter in our lives and our work.

This interactive and stimulating half-day workshop assists professionals to explore the topic of intersectionality and how to respond to diverse populations.

This workshop follows on from a series of workshops on working with specific population groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and LGBTIQ populations.

This workshop brings it all together using a life-course frame. You are welcome to participate if you have or haven't participated in the previous workshops offered as part of this series.

Event Date: Monday, 26 July 2021

Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm

Learning Objectives:

To engage in this challenging topic to critically reflect about diverse populations.
Participants will gain an understanding of how to bring the theory of intersectionality into their practice.

Who should attend

This is for workers in the domestic and family violence, sexual violence services and women’s wellbeing sectors.

About the facilitators

Jatinder Kaur

Jatinder Kaur is the Director of JK Diversity Consultants and an Accredited Mental health Social Worker. In 2018, she established the first Indian women domestic violence refuge ‘Women’s Sahara House’. She has prepared submissions to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence (2015), gave evidence at the Senate Inquiry into dowry abuse (2018) public hearing held in Sydney 2018. She has featured in media coverage on these topics in: The Australian, ABC radio and SBS TV news. Jatinder is enrolled in a PhD at University of Melbourne examining family violence within Indian migrant families and intersections with the service systems.