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In this integrative review we analyze research from multiple fields of study in regards to gender equality, gender equity, and sport participation over the past twenty years (2000–2020). Key findings highlight a) women and girls' socialization into sport and the performance of femininity and heteronormativity, b) the psychological benefits, negative effects, and participant retention, c) a lack of transformative critique of sport structures and barriers to access, and d) critique of sport policy that enhances equity and equality. Embedded throughout the presentation of these four interrelated areas of interest, we offer a critique about the state of research so that others might draw insight for future research directions. We conclude by outlining potential intersectional and transformational frameworks that connect research to social and political action. We also provide commentary on knowledge creation, databases, and the politicization of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From the anthropological tradition of ethnography, this paper adopts a feminist, intersectional and decolonial approach to expose the multiple edges of the experiences and political practices of Mapuche women, the care for their territory and struggle for the common good of their community. Grounded on an extensive empirical data, the paper analyses the relationship between the Mapuche people and the State of Chile, to reveal the impact this has had on the way Mapuche people develop as a community within their political spaces. Following this, the paper focusses on the diverse experiences of Mapuche women within their communities, exposing the impact of the processes of historical dispossession of the Mapuche territory, particularly as being a “Mapuche woman,” as an identity based on lived and shared experiences and stories. The paper then examines representations of gender relations and gender violence, anchored on the binary order of the patriarchal and colonial system of the Global North. This exposes how Mapuche women occupy a place perceived as inferior to that of men, whilst it reveals how Mapuche women question these discursive constructions of colonial inheritance, to recover their history in their community configurations of equality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We examine how economic inequality is considered at the intersection of one form of structural inequity: caste in India. While caste and class intersections are topics of extensive study in social sciences, we focus on how people make sense of these intersections in rejecting or defending reservation policies. We undertake a discursive analysis of discussions on the social media platform Quora, with a particular focus on how class-predicates are ascribed to caste groups in downgrading or upgrading privilege normatively associated with caste groups. Posters ascribed features suggestive of class to caste groups to indicate relative economic privilege in questioning the use of reservations. Constructions of economic progress for oppressed caste groups meant that principles of meritocracy and egalitarianism could be used to treat caste-based reservations as unfair. These findings are discussed in relation to current qualitative psychological research on economic inequality and the cultural salience of intersecting inequities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

America’s New Racial Battle Lines: Protect v. Repair uses a historical institutional lens to understand contemporary American politics. The book argues that American elites today are divided into two alliances, one focused on protecting the privileged position of white Christians and the other seeking to repair the harms that continue to be inflicted on Black people and America’s other minority communities. This represents a significant departure from the late twentieth-century divide between color blindness and race consciousness. The authors analyze the narratives, actors, and policy proposals related to the two camps. The book is meticulous in its analysis, yet by emphasizing institutions, it downplays the role of ideology that holds these camps together. Furthermore, focusing on race as the structuring principle obscures the complex intersectionality of contemporary political ideologies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people of colour (POC) live at the intersection of multiple marginalised statuses. While previous literature has linked positive, affirmed identity with better mental health for LGBTQ+ individuals, identity affirmation may be compromised by intersecting systems of oppression. This study 1) investigated how multiple intersecting forms of oppression (i.e. racism within LGBTQ+ communities and heterosexism within ethnoracial communities) relate to anxiety and depression for LGBTQ+ POC, and 2) examined the indirect effects of intersectional microaggressions on mental health through identity cohesion. A subsample of participants who identified as both a member of the LGBTQ+ community and person of colour (N = 417) was drawn from an extant dataset. Mediation models tested direct and indirect effects of intersectional microaggressions on anxiety and on depression. Analyses revealed direct effects of intersectional microaggressions on both anxiety and depression (t ranged from 7.86 to 8.31, all p-values < .001), as well as significant indirect effects of both forms of microaggressions on depression via the pathway of lowered levels of cohesion. Racism within LGBTQ+ communities and heterosexism within ethnic or cultural communities may undermine the protective effect of intersectional identity cohesion, thus, contributing to poorer mental health outcomes for LGBTQ+ POC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This scoping literature review aimed to determine the definition of dignity in relation to disability. It also examined the extent to which inclusive research methods have been used to develop working definitions. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive search was conducted in five electronic databases, using a modified framework by Arksey and O'Malley. Narrative synthesis and qualitative content analysis were employed to examine definitions of dignity and the use of inclusive research methods. Results: 22 peer-reviewed studies were included. The majority of the studies were qualitative (72.72%) and examined various disability populations in diverse settings. Although 19 studies offered a definition of dignity, there was no clear consensus. Dignity was frequently defined from a utilitarian perspective, emphasising affordances and barriers. However, engagement with theoretical constructs was superficial and limited. Further, no studies mentioned the use of inclusive research methods. Conclusions: The absence of inclusive research methods hinders the development of a comprehensive definition of dignity that is accepted by and relevant to people with disability. Engaging with both theoretical and empirical perspectives of dignity is crucial to develop a meaningful and inclusive definition, which can inform interventions and policies that enhance dignity for people with disability across diverse settings and contexts. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION: The adoption of inclusive research methods in disability research should be a priority for rehabilitation researchers and clinicians to better shape research agendas, study design, and outcomes. The absence of inclusive research methods hinders the development of a comprehensive definition of dignity that is accepted by and relevant to people with disability The findings emphasise the need to address dignity concerns within healthcare settings for people with disability. Rehabilitation practitioners can advocate for person-centered approaches, improved communication and increased accessibility to create dignified healthcare environments. Rehabilitation researchers and practitioners can play a pivotal role in advocating for social justice and equity by supporting policies and interventions that foster inclusive practices, dignity, and equitable opportunities for people with disability [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following essay examines health communication outreach for LGBTQ+ college students through analyzing both the design and exit evaluation of a federally funded United States public health program. SHARE-Pride was a three-year health intervention program that served LGBTQ+ students ages 18–24 at Southern University (SU)—a Hispanic and Minority Serving Institution. Because of structural barriers creating sexual health and drug and alcohol consumption risks, SHARE-Pride (SP) used a peer advocate model for students to develop mentoring relationships with LGBTQ+ peers to increase health knowledge. We first present health literature that informed SP's design and then examine research that shaped our exit study to understand advocates' intersectional identities and experiences as impacting their health communication outreach. We share rich findings from our interviews with 12 students, including communication approaches for LGBTQ+ health, increasing health communication inclusive of the full LGBTQ+ spectrum, and the role of intersectionality in LGBTQ+ health communication. We conclude with health communication praxis for future LGBTQ+ health programs and research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With an intersectional orientation, we examine associations between discrimination, health communication, and information-seeking intention about HIV prevention in the context of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among cisgender women through an online survey (N = 341). We elaborate on the idea that intersectional discrimination is a social determinant of health by considering the context with differing power relations—day-to-day life and the healthcare field—based on Bourdieu’s field theory, and explore moderating roles of health communication in this relationship according to the structural influence model of communication (SIM). The relationships between intersectional discrimination and intention show different patterns by the context in which intersectional experiences are considered, and the relationships are moderated differently by the mode of health communication. We discuss how to conduct intersectionality-informed health communication research without sacrificing intersectionality’s foundational foci. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research project outlines students’ perceptions of belonging, equity, visibility, representation, and culture at their Hispanic Serving Institution. In Latin America, the saying “De viva voz,” emphasizes acknowledging voz [voice]. Through an intersectional framework, this work acknowledges students’ voices, identities, and lived experiences as foundational to identify the barriers at an HSI at the Mexico-United States borderlands region. In doing so, we are able to propose a series of strategies that respond to the cultural context of the university, and the needs of students in order to eliminate structural barriers. Further, this paper explores what it means to be an HSI and the tenuous relationship between Hispanic culture and students at a US university. The implications of this research project add to the body of the literature that challenges homogeneous notions and conceptualizations of HSIs limited to enrollment of Hispanic and Latinx students. In doing so, “De viva voz” names and challenges the historical forms of discrimination and erasure that Latinx, students of color and other minoritized populations have endured in university settings. Moreover, this work models student-centered research practices for other Hispanic Serving Institutions interested in promoting intersectional practices to improve campus climate and foster belonging, equity, inclusion, and diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although one of the fastest-growing homeschool subgroups, there are no empirical studies specifically considering Hispanic/Latino/a/x/e homeschool families. This study asks Hispanic and Latina parents to describe what homeschooling means to them. Using phenomenology, intersectionality, and community cultural wealth, we interviewed 18 mothers across the nation. We find that preservation or reclamation of cultural heritage is the most meaningful result of the decision to homeschool. Specific aspects of culture found are family cohesion, familial language, and living the values of a strong work ethic and the need to be resourceful. Implications for policy, practice, and research are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper establishes participatory conflict invoked by intersectional standpoints as a critique of the conventional celebratory understanding of participatory communication for social change. The paper is based on an immersive ethnographic study in the state of Uttarakhand, India with women participants in three self-help groups. Our findings acknowledge the presence of inevitable participatory conflict in women groups’ participation due to intersectional standpoints where gender intersects with caste, economic position, and paid work exposure leading to unequal access to communication resources among members. Our study offers a nuanced framework for participatory communication for social change that can contribute to both theory and development communication practice by acknowledging participatory conflict as an integral dimension of collective and individual empowerment process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines and critically analyses the contributions of a diverse group of cultural actors who participated in focus group sessions organised as part of the public consultation held between 2022 and 2023 by the Catalan government for the development of a future Cultural Rights Law in Catalonia. This study problematises the four key dimensions that were discussed in the focus group sessions. First, it analyses access to culture, highlighting the barriers and facilitators. Second, it explores cultural participation, addressing the complexities of promoting active audiences, individual and collective creation and participation in cultural governance. Third, it investigates the intersectionality of gender in cultural practices, underscoring the challenges faced by women and gender minorities. Finally, it discusses the professionalisation of culture, pointing out the precarious working conditions in the sector. The article provides evidence of the integration of cultural rights into policies, reflecting on the socio-political contexts that shape them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we argue for greater recognition of young people’s contributions to environmental action through social and environmental justice. It draws on findings from research based on eleven organisations in the UK exploring young people’s connection with environment-related collective action and activism in the UK landscape. Building on theoretical arguments of ethics of care and implicit activism and capturing a range of practices of young people, the paper explores young people’s multiple framing(s) of activisms – towards the environment and each other.Drawing on the experiences of young people and facilitators within these organisations, we unpack the experiences and representation of minoritised groups in the climate movement and other forms of environmental engagement. The findings demonstrate thoughtful and effective approaches towards inclusion within the UK context and in terms of global climate justice but also highlight a need for more intersectional approaches and awareness of enduring barriers often relating to racialised identities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) continue to transform U.S. higher education, causing scholars and practitioners to question how institutional agents serve minoritized communities, including Latinx/a/o people. Guided by Garcia et al.'s (2019) multidimensional framework on servingness, together with Garcia and Cuellar's (2023) concept of intersectional servingness, this exploratory case study contributes to this knowledge base by focusing on an institution referred to as Sunny University (a pseudonym) to understand how faculty, staff, and students viewed LGBTQ+ inclusion as being part of the university's mission toward servingness. Using interviews with six participants at Sunny University, as well as document analysis, findings revealed: the limited, yet somewhat present education, resources, and institutional commitment; the complex and differing perspectives on cultural regarding LGBTQ+ inclusion; and the lack of institutional praxis regarding servingness. We then offer implications for research and practice relevant to LGBTQ+ communities, servingness, and HSIs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: We assessed the association between gendered racism, the simultaneous experience of sexism and racism, depression, and psychological distress in Black college women using an intersectional instrument, the gendered racial microaggression scale. Participants: Black college women enrolled at a predominantly white institution (PWI) in the southeastern U.S. (N = 164, response rate = 77%, mean age 21.67). Methods: We used a cross-sectional survey to explore the impact of stress appraisal and frequency of gendered racial microaggressions on depression and psychological distress using validated scales. Results: 30% reported depression and 54% reported severe psychological distress. Correlations indicate significant relationships between gendered racism, depression and psychological distress, with the strongest relation reported between the frequency of gendered racism to depression. Regression analyses suggest significant relationships between gendered racism, depression and psychological distress. Conclusion: Gendered racism has significant bearing on the mental health of Black college women attending a PWI. Implications for interventions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: This study assessed gender, race, use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), attitudes toward CAM, and disclosure of CAM use to health providers using an online survey of 506 students at a regional public university. Methods: Ordinary least squares regression models were used to examine relationships of interest, including use, attitudes, and disclosure of CAM by self-identified gender and race. Results: The most common therapy reported included vitamins and mineral supplements, and participants of all racial and gender identities expressed generally positive attitudes toward CAM. Women reported using CAM significantly more often than men, and Whites more often than non-Whites. Conclusions: White respondents were more likely to disclose the use of CAM to healthcare providers compared to African American respondents, and women reported disclosure more often than men. A significant interaction between gender and race was noted for attitudes toward CAM for Whites and African Americans, with White women most positive toward CAM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores how Black parents’ school choice, particularly through homeschooling, intersects with the racialized educational terrain. Challenging the view of homeschooling as solely market-driven, the literature review emphasizes race, class, and gender’s roles in this decision-making. Unlike Averett and Stewart, who focus on gendered and racial dynamics in school choice, this study proposes Diamond’s racialized educational terrain and Cooper’s motherwork as frameworks to understand Black homeschooling. This paper aims to shift theoretical perspectives on Black homeschooling, advocating for a more nuanced, intersectional approach to studying school choice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: We urgently need to understand Alzheimer's disease (AD) stigma among Black adults. Black communities bear a disproportionate burden of AD, and recent advances in early diagnosis using AD biomarkers may affect stigma associated with AD. The goal of our study is to characterize AD stigma within our cohort of self-identified Black participants and test how AD biomarker test results may affect this stigma. Design: We surveyed a sample of 1,150 self-identified Black adults who were randomized to read a vignette describing a fictional person, who was described as either having a positive or negative biomarker test result. After reading the vignette, participants completed the modified Family Stigma in Alzheimer's Disease Scale (FS-ADS). We compared FS-ADS scores between groups defined by age, gender, and United States Census region. We examined interactions between these groupings and AD biomarker test result. Results: Participants over age 65 had lower scores (lower stigma) on all 7 FS-ADS domains compared to those under 65: structural discrimination, negative severity attributions, negative aesthetic attributions, antipathy, support, pity, and social distance. In the biomarker positive condition, worries about structural discrimination were greater than in the biomarker negative condition and statistically similar in the two age groups (DOR, 0.39 [95%CI, 0.22–0.69]). This pattern of results was similar for negative symptom attributions (DOR, 0.51 [95%CI, 0.28–0.90]). Conclusion: While older adults reported less AD stigma than younger adults, AD biomarker testing caused similarly high concerns about structural discrimination and negative severity attributions. Thus, use of AD biomarker diagnosis may increase AD stigma and exacerbate healthcare disparities known to effect AD diagnosis in some Black adults. Advances in AD diagnosis may interact with social and structural factors to differentially affect groups of Black adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study examines how anti-Asian racism intersects with sexism and ageism, impacting Asian Americans’ fear of racial victimization. Using nationally representative data from the “Dynamics of Social Life during COVID-19” survey, we show that these intersections affect subjective experiences of racism among young and older Asian Americans across various ethnic groups in the U.S. Younger Asian women report the highest levels of worry about racism, with this concern decreasing with age. In contrast, older Asian men worry more than younger men. Asian women also reported more instances of unfair treatment and discrimination, while Asian men reported higher instances of racial violence. Our findings reveal that anti-Asian racism is a multifaceted phenomenon shaped by intersections of gender, age, and ethnicity. We discuss existing obstacles and potential pathways to building panethnic solidarity among Asians across cultures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article uses critical media literacy to approach themes of sexism and gender inequality depicted in the 2023 film Barbie. Teachers cognizant of the need to address women's rights issues in American history often struggle to find resources that are accessible and meaningful for their students. Furthermore, the use of film in social studies instruction can be an engaging and culturally relevant way for students to grapple with contentious issues in social studies education. Additionally, by using human rights concepts to frame inequality and inspire advocacy, teachers can address dimensions of oppression and inequality with a more 'neutral' or objective framing. Given the current political climate that instills fear in educators who teach about issues of gender, strategic approaches can empower social studies teachers to engage students in examinations of this contentious topic in American schools. Lastly, this article introduces perspectives of Black feminists and international activists to provide intersectional analyses of women's rights issues to curb the common emphasis on White feminism. The lesson plan offered in this article includes a film viewing guide, enrichment opportunities, and an activity that connects themes in Barbie with women's rights movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article offers an example of historians and survivors working together that moves beyond oral history. Drawing on methods of co-producing knowledge, the article explores a number of themes and concepts - ghetto, camp, mobility, dislocation, space, time - that emerge from the experience of survivor Agnes Kaposi, and the historiographical reflections of historian Tim Cole. While the dialogue is suggestive of new conceptualizations of familiar Holocaust experience - ghettoization as practice; dislocation as temporal and spatial experience; 'luck' as intersectional category; the significance of micro-geographies to survival - it also signals the value of coproducing 'integrated' and 'relational' histories of the Holocaust together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To develop two prediction algorithms recommending person-centered experiential therapy (PCET) or cognitive–behavioral therapy (CBT) for patients with depression: (1) a full data model using multiple trial-based and routine variables, and (2) a routine data model using only variables available in the English NHS Talking Therapies program. Method: Data was used from the PRaCTICED trial comparing PCET vs. CBT for 255 patients meeting a diagnosis of moderate or severe depression. Separate full and routine data models were derived and the latter tested in an external data sample. Results: The full data model provided the better prediction, yielding a significant difference in outcome between patients receiving their optimal vs. non-optimal treatment at 6- (Cohen's d =.65 [.40,.91]) and 12 months (d =.85 [.59, 1.10]) post-randomization. The routine data model performed similarly in the training and test samples with non-significant effect sizes, d =.19 [−.05,.44] and d =.21 [−.00,.43], respectively. For patients with the strongest treatment matching (d ≥ 0.3), the resulting effect size was significant, d =.38 [.11, 64]. Conclusion: A treatment selection algorithm might be used to recommend PCET or CBT. Although the overall effects were small, targeted matching yielded somewhat larger effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research underscores how Black women's experiences as members of two marginalised groups, Black and female, influence their educational practices and experiences. Through intersectionality, this study explores three Black women principals' reflections on their journeys to the principalship and leadership styles. Results of this study highlight the women's paths to educational leadership; two principals entered education as a second career choice. The women entered education without leadership aspirations and only considered leadership after others' encouragement. The principals modeled their leadership styles and practices after previous supervisors. As a result of their pre-leadership experiences, the principals were democratic leaders who built teacher-leaders and desired to ensure teachers felt supported. Findings suggest that district and school leaders are essential in identifying leadership candidates who may not evidently express leadership interest. Further, districts must attend to the mentoring of aspiring and novice assistant principals and provide opportunities for Black and underrepresented aspiring principals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alarm has been raised by the mainstream anti-rape movement in the United States at the compounded nature of sexual violence experienced by survivors during the Covid pandemic. While these efforts show renewed attention at the problem of compounded sexual violence, these framings of sexual violence as compounded miss the intersectional oppressions experienced by marginalized survivors, such as survivors of color living through a pandemic. This profile advocates for an intervention, asking anti-rape activist-advocates to turn toward an anti-rape movement that addresses the 'compounded-squared' effects of sexual violence during a pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In spring 2019, there was a heated debate in the media concerning the Al-Hol camp in Syria, where a number of women and children were detained. This article explores intersectional dynamics of exclusion in online comments on news items regarding the repatriation of women and children from Al-Hol to Finland. The analytical framework is based on critical discursive psychology combined with an intersectional lens. The analysis distinguished three interpretative repertoires: the repertoire of a foreign threat, the repertoire of neglected maternal obligations, and the repertoire of irrationality. Within these repertoires, three subject positions were also applied to women—the deceitful villain, the bad mother, and brainwashed fools—with two subject positions applied to children—innocent children and future threats. The analysis shows the dialectical nature of positionings through which the Otherness of these women is constructed via the interplay with evaluations of their motherhood and positions applied to other actors, such as Muslim men and Finns. Moreover, the analysis shows how positionings mobilise intersectional categorisations based on gender, age, ethnicity, religion, nationality, and race. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the salience of issues related to social justice, mental health, and health equity. During this time, the media have been instrumental in amplifying social movements but also in spreading mis/disinformation, violence, and hatred. Among communities who have been affected heavily during this time are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) young adults who have a mental illness/significant mental health concerns. As frequent engagers and creators of media, their perspectives are critical to informing what aspects of the media should be leveraged to promote the health, well-being, and safety of people who have been marginalized. Thus, our study asks: How do BIPOC young adults (in the United States) who have a behavioral health diagnosis or significant mental health concerns perceive the media? Guided by intersectionality and grounded theory, we conducted in-depth interviews with 20 participants. The results reveal participants' 1) deep recognition of how the media uphold oppressive structures and 2) identification of ways that people have used and can use the media to fight those same structures. Researchers and media leaders should listen to, center the experiences of, collaborate with, and follow the lead of people who have been marginalized. This is critical to transforming the media such that they promote the well-being of all people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper documents the emergence of precarious local and migrant tenants as political subjects that build transversal housing solidarities in Greek cities amidst multiple intersecting crises. In doing so, I introduce the feminist concept of transversal solidarities to housing studies and expand it by bringing it in dialogue with debates on housing precarity. Understanding transversal solidarity as an integral part of housing struggles and as an important theoretical concept in debates on housing precarity, I argue, is a crucial step forward to housing theory as it foregrounds transversal housing solidarities as translocal and intersectional processes through which collective political subjects emerge. Drawing from rent struggles in Greece, I demonstrate that transversal housing solidarities are being built across space, time and subjects: they are local and place-based initiatives, embedded in broader networks of trans-local solidarities that are generative of concrete social and political alternatives to the neoliberal housing model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Impoverished and working-class migrant women have been the hardest hit and most exploited people during both the real estate-financial accumulation cycle and the aftermath of the 2008 crisis in Spain. Since 2009, these women have also been the key actors in outstanding civil disobedience to the neoliberal financial rule through their engagement in housing activism. How has this happened, and with what effects? Our research responds to these questions by focusing on the collective and contextualized strategies of extended struggles for social reproduction. This analytical framework integrates intersectional social structures, spatio-temporal dimensions of social reproduction, and the historical context of real-estate financialisation. Additionally, we argue that the notion of a "double horizon of political temporality" helps explain how the housing struggle evolved and identifies which social and political outcomes were produced. We suggest that this case reveals the mechanisms and impacts of similar grassroots movements challenging the current financialised dynamics of capitalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Green burial is an emerging practice in Zimbabwe and is being encouraged as a strategy for enhancing sustainable land use. This study explores stakeholder perceptions towards green burial and its implications on environmental sustainability. Interview data was collected from a purposively selected sample of 26 participants drawn from Harare and Bulawayo, the major metropolitan cities in Zimbabwe. The results of the study showed that the most promising route to promote green burial is through religion by invoking the principles of spirituality and ecological faith. Green burial was also perceived to be more affordable suggesting that cost effectiveness may be used as a positioning strategy. Cultural beliefs and lack of green burial infrastructure were identified as the main inhibiting factors. The findings of this study point to the need for stakeholders to explore strategies to reconcile the conflict between green burial and cultural beliefs. The development of green burial legislation and supporting infrastructure is recommended as a way of promoting the mainstream adoption of the green burial practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article explores the integration of intersectionality in understanding the health disparities faced by Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations in relation to their legal status. Topics discussed include the impact of immigration status on access to healthcare, the role of language barriers in exacerbating health inequities, and the necessity of adopting an intersectional framework to inform policy and practice.

There is an increasing focus on collecting more diverse demographic data from research participants but standard methodological approaches still hinder such efforts. This paper addresses the need for methodological improvements by advocating for the inclusion of self-written diversity statements in demographic surveys as a form of epistemic justice. Using examples from a large qualitative research study, I demonstrate the depth and richness of data that can be obtained through self-written diversity statements. In particular, I highlight the benefits of combining open-ended demographic questions and self-written diversity statements into holistic introductory stories to help capture the complexity of participants' intersectional identities. Therefore, I argue that using such an approach gives participants the agency to choose how they are represented in research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper conducts a scoping review to identify studies which use the framework of intersectionality to understand the overrepresentation of Black women, children, and families within the child welfare system. A comprehensive review of electronic databases was conducted as of June 2021. Of the 4,663 records identified, ten peer-reviewed journal articles met criteria for inclusion within the study across the disciplines of social work, law, public health, and criminal justice. Additional empirical, peer-reviewed journal articles are needed to understand the overrepresentation of Black women, children, and families within the child welfare system using the framework of intersectionality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article calls for vulnerability and inclusivity in K-12 art education. It describes practices adopted for preservice art teacher preparation that include building critical communities of care through affirmation of difference and acknowledging complexities of intersectionality, sharing stories of failure or mistakes, fostering critical reflection, learning from missteps, and developing internal compasses by modeling values of listening.

Despite the diversity and inclusion efforts of higher education institutions, immigrant and minority students frequently experience marginalisation that adversely affects their academic progress. In this article, we examine the under-researched population of immigrant women in Icelandic universities. Drawing on the intersectionality perspective, we focus on how sociocultural differences shape immigrant women's educational experiences. We explore how power relations and institutional whiteness play roles in either privileging or marginalising particular student populations. The data come from life-story interviews with 16 first-generation immigrant women from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. We use thematic analysis to show how immigrant women face academic challenges and marginalisation in the forms of othering and (in)visibility based on gender, race, language and religion. Nevertheless, they demonstrate personal agency for their academic progress. The findings underline how discussions on (in)equity in Icelandic higher education would benefit from an intersectional approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social participation is an effective way to reduce loneliness among older adults. However, little is known about Black older adults' (BOAs') poor participation in social programs. This study thus explores the varied factors that shape BOAs' participation in social programs and services and how lack of social participation contributes to loneliness. 13 BOAs with mean age of 63.8 participated in this narrative study. Misrepresentation of BOAs in social programs and services, lack of opportunity for employment engagement, affordability and accessibility were key themes. These findings highlight the need for integration of strategies to increase cultural diversity in programs in Ontario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractStigma is a key concept for social scientists interested in how certain groups in society are judged and treated negatively. Within housing studies this scholarship reflects longstanding interests within the discipline regarding the spatial impacts of social and urban policies on both people, and the places in which they live. We augment these debates by advocating for a more intersectional understanding of how stigma is shaped by identity. It presents findings from a systematic literature mapping review of research that has a combined focus on ageing, disability, place, and stigma across OECD countries. Given global trends around ageing populations and the impacts for health, this is an important, but often neglected aspect to stigma research. Our review highlights the advantages of combining a spatial approach to stigma with intersectional insights foregrounded in age and disability. This includes the further development of stigma as a concept from the perspective of under-represented groups: older and disabled people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractObjectiveMethodResultsConclusionCertain client characteristics are associated with early working alliance difficulties in psychotherapy. However, there is limited quantitative evidence on whether combinations of these characteristics (e.g., intersectional identities, prior treatment experiences) are related to alliance development. The present study leveraged a person-centered research approach to examine profiles of early alliance development and differences in the latent class structure of client characteristics among alliance development profiles.Individual psychotherapy clients (N = 2,579) rated the working alliance for their first four sessions and self-reported demographics, treatment history, and psychological distress. Therapists provided their assessment of clients’ primary presenting concerns at baseline.Latent profile analysis revealed three profiles of working alliance development: high and stable, moderate and increasing, and low and stable. Follow-up person-centered analyses (multigroup confirmatory latent class analysis) indicated that clients in the alliance profiles differed in their combinations of clinical and demographic characteristics. For example, women of color with high baseline distress and a history of prior psychotherapy were over-represented in the low and stable alliance profile.These results are consistent with recommendations to holistically consider how clients’ characteristics and experiences shape psychotherapy processes. Results also highlight the utility of person-centered quantitative methods in psychotherapy research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Research on skilled migration has grown substantially in recent years. Drawing on 58 in-depth interviews with skilled Americans in China, this paper explores how the intersectionality of race, gender, and citizenship shapes their occupational and social mobility, and whether these two forms of mobility align. The findings suggest that skilled migrants’ social identities simultaneously create both advantages and disadvantages in their occupational and social mobility. I coined the term ‘glass box’ to describe their experiences: while many enjoyed enhanced occupational mobility, they eventually hit a ‘glass ceiling’ that blocked access to top positions and faced ‘glass walls’ that pigeonholed them into a narrow range of occupations. However, their social identities also brought privileges, forming a ‘glass floor’ that protected them from employment precarity. Their social mobility, extending beyond occupational mobility, improved to varying degrees after migration to China but declined rapidly and unexpectedly following the outbreak of COVID-19. While changes to skilled Americans’ occupational and social mobility aligned most of the time, there were notable exceptions where these two forms of mobility shifted in opposite directions. Such contradictory experiences highlight the persistent structural barriers that shape their professional and social trajectories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract\nPlain language summarySince menstrual health and menstrual inequity are determined by social power structures, this study proposes to analyse, from an intersectional perspective, the experiences of menstrual inequity of women and people who menstruate (PWM) (≥18 years) under circumstances of socioeconomic vulnerability in an urban and rural setting in Catalonia (Spain), focusing on menstrual poverty, menstrual management and access to health care for menstrual health. An exploratory and interpretative qualitative study was conducted. Venue-based convenience sampling was carried out, recruiting women from a non-governmental organisation and a primary health care centre. Eighteen individual semi-structured interviews were conducted between October 2022 and February 2023. Data were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. Analysis revealed that menstrual care was generally a distant preoccupation that revolved around circumstances of socioeconomic vulnerability, housing, and productive/reproductive work. Menstrual poverty, menstrual management and menstrual self-care challenges, barriers to accessing health care for menstrual health, and menstrual taboo, stigma and discrimination were commonplace and deepened by socioeconomic vulnerability. In this way, women’s menstrual experiences were rooted in intersecting axes of inequity, based on gender, race and class. Intersectional and critical participatory research, policy and practice are imperative to develop counter mechanisms that confront systems of privilege-oppression to modulate menstrual experience, health and equity.This study investigates menstrual inequity among women living in difficult socioeconomic conditions in urban and rural areas of Catalonia, Spain. The study uses an intersectional approach to understand how forms of discrimination—such as sexism, racism, and classism—affect women’s menstrual experiences. Between October 2022 and February 2023, we recruited and interviewed 18 women via an NGO and a primary health care centre. We focused on three areas: (1) What access women had to products like pads or tampons, (2) How women used menstrual products and dealt with symptoms like pain, and (3) How women accessed health care for problems related to menstruation. We found menstrual care is often not a top priority for women who face economic difficulties, are in unstable housing, have demanding work and/or are carers. These women often struggle to access menstrual products, manage their periods effectively, get necessary health care, or overcome menstrual stigma. These challenges are made worse by the combined effects of gender, race, and class, showing how different forms of discrimination can reinforce one another. We conclude that more inclusive research is needed. Changes in policy and practice to address these compounded inequities and improve menstrual health and equity are essential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractIn fields like Cultural Geography, Critical Cartography, and GIS, the post-colonial, post-representational, and feminist turns have been productive in critiquing mapmaking at the theoretical level and calling for methodological innovation of mapping practices that involve more diverse voices, situate maps in lived experience, and incorporate an intersectional approach. The article contributes to this on the level of data visualization, by examining how Data Feminism might help us reconfigure representations of urban experiences and issues within participatory urban planning. Specifically, the article explores how data feminist principles were used in action in the Urban Belonging Project; a participatory GIS initiative that engaged 32 participants from marginalized communities (lgbt+, deaf, physically disabled, mentally vulnerable, ethnic minorities, internationals, and/or homeless) in mapping experiences of belonging in Copenhagen. Presenting speculative visualization experiments from the project, the article puts forward three provocations for how to incorporate data feminism in participatory GIS and trouble established visual conventions: First, it crafts different visualization techniques for representing the concept of intersectionality in maps. Second, it suggests visual strategies for challenging official city boundaries and situating the spatial framing of urban issues in subjective, experiential realities. Third, it turns the empirical eye onto professional planners, demonstrating that participatory mapping can not only diversify understanding about those who inhabit cities but also illuminate blind spots and bias among those who design it. The article serves as a blueprint for rethinking how we visualize urban issues from data feminist principles while critically reflecting on the implications and dilemmas of such strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyses the Buckets Revolution, an urban agroecological movement in a Brazilian favela that emerged to address waste management issues. We aim to explore the movement’s achievements in promoting socio—cological justice in a vulnerable community of the Global South through agroecology, investigating: i) what socio-ecological problems and intersected demands for justice boosted the emergence of the Buckets Revolution? and ii) what demands for justice the BR has been dealing with to overcome the socio-ecological injustices borne by the Chico Mendes community? We apply the socio-ecological justice model as our theoretical framework, with a decolonial and feminist intersectional approach to embrace the complexity of the case study. The research methods focus on embracing the local reality and the community views, encompassing bibliographical research, a focus group, and semi-structured interviews. The findings reveal that this agroecological movement has effectively addressed organic waste management, food insecurity, and other socio-ecological issues, contributing to socio-ecological justice in the Chico Mendes community. The study emphasizes the importance of considering the a) interconnections of social and ecological problems, b) intersected dimensions of justice, and c) needs and views of the community when developing environmental urban policies to achieve social justice and ecological sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of civil society participation is well established in literature on environmental politics. However, the ability to join initiatives or movements actively fighting for a socially just future within biophysical limits is not equally distributed within societies. The configuration of spatial and temporal infrastructures in cities shapes how individuals interact with each other and the environment, thereby reproducing or alleviating intersectional inequalities. We connect literature on care, the commons, feminist time politics, and insurgent planning to discuss spatio-temporal infrastructures that promote space and time for care and participation. Building on feminist critiques of disembedded and disembodied cities, we draw upon examples from European cities to formulate an ‘educated dream’ about what an ecofeminist city could look like. In discussing different forms of scaling (up, out, deep) and bottom-linked transformation, we propose tangible steps towards the realisation of such a concrete utopia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We aimed to characterize and conceptually organize multilevel factors associated with the sexual victimization experiences of trans women and trans feminine people to advance violence prevention interventions for health-equity. Between October 2020 and July 2021, we conducted in-depth interviews with 17 expert informants in New York City, which we transcribed, coded, and analyzed. Qualitative insights were derived through an intensive, team-based iterative coding strategy resulting in the development of an exhaustive set of consensus codes which were organized and interpreted in a multi-level structure. Findings revealed a complex constellation of intersecting macro- and micro-structural mechanisms reinforcing sexual violence. Unique characteristics of this violence were characterized hierarchically in terms of: 1) violence forms (e.g. murder, fetishization), 2) perpetrators (e. g. safety-staff; group assault), 3) contexts (e.g. public accommodations), 4) functions (e.g. gender policing), 5) ideological reinforcers (e.g. transphobia, racism), and 6) structural reinforcers (e.g. legislation; linking access to material means of survival to poverty/illness). Results indicate that acute incidents of sexual victimization are “the tip of the iceberg” of the violence impacting trans communities. The community experts we interviewed (e.g. trans women, violence prevention practitioners, social workers) understand chronic functional, ideological, and structural oppression as inextricable from sexual violence. Multi-level determinants of violence therefore constitute essential targets of sexual violence prevention intervention for this population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the rise of the US Latine population and the increasing growth of Latine-focused institutions (LFIs), the experiences of students from intersectional and varied backgrounds and identities, even within the Latine community, attending LFIs is basically unknown. Given this expansive gap in the literature, this study applies an intersectional lens to the varied experiences across ethnoracial identity, gender identity, and sexuality between LFIs and predominantly white institutions (PWIs). Specifically, this study assesses if students’ fear of victimisation not only differs across contexts (e.g. on campus or off and during the day versus at night), but if those holding more marginalised and vulnerable identities experience fear differently, particularly between LFIs and PWIs. Results suggest extensive varied experiences and associations between groups, contexts, and institutions. The assessment of fear of victimisation is important given the cultural and political threats faced by many Latine students. As LFIs are the fastest growing minority-serving institutions in the US, it is essential research continues to explore and understand the complexities of these institutions and their students. Implications as well as suggestions for research and policy are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

AbstractIt is critical for social service providers to understand the detrimental effects of racism and discrimination on the well-being of immigrants, emphasizing the complex interplay between cultural factors and racial stratification. Using a culturally humble approach to engagement there are four key cultural elements—familismo, marianismo, machismo, and spiritualismo—that are central to the gender identities of Latina immigrants. This conceptual review synthesizes existing research studies and theoretical models to provide an integrated, culturally responsive framework that helps professionals better understand and address the well-being of Latina immigrants in the United States. The intersectional complexities of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, and immigration in the therapeutic space provides for the tailoring of interventions to the unique needs of Latina immigrants. The meta synthesis reveals how cultural factors such as familismo, marianismo, machismo, and spiritualismo interact with racial stratification, exacerbating the challenges faced by Latina immigrants. The key takeaway of this dialogic is the necessity of integrating cultural humility and intersectional understanding to improve service delivery and support for Latina immigrants, highlighting its importance and implications for social service practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article investigates the subjectivities of Christian women migrant workers within the context of China’s social transformation, characterized by the interactive advancement of global capitalism, rural-to-urban migration, and “Christian fever.” Despite the burgeoning literature on women migrant workers in global capitalism within geographical scholarship, there has been less focus on women migrants’ religious subjectivity and agency. Drawing on empirical research on the intersectional experiences of women migrant workers, this article seeks to advance a postsecular feminism by bringing intersectionality into conversation with debates on postsecularity and gender inequalities. First, we examine the intersectional “matrix of domination” imposed through state power, Chinese patriarchal culture, and the gendered and class-based disciplinary labor regime under global capitalism, which serves as an ontological condition in which women migrants’ religious subjectivities form and are shaped. Second, we use intersectionality to help understand the process of becoming and a relation of emergence, wherein multiple agential qualities of women migrants—manifesting as counterpatriarchal subjects or through docile, tolerant, self-sacrificial, and pious femininity—arise at the intersections of religion, class, gender, and family. We therefore argue that postsecular feminist critique needs to carefully consider the patterns and diverse effects of intersectionality where both domination and religious agency are engendered and interwoven. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Single motherhood has been a contentious subject in Britain. Yet there remains a lack of research which focuses on the complex experiences of global majority single mothers based in England. Drawing on interview data from two studies, this article addresses this gap in analysing the experiences of three often stigmatised and misunderstood groups – African Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women experiencing single motherhood. In this paper, we examine how their lived realities are varyingly shaped by gender, class, ethnicity, religion and culture and the challenges and opportunities this presents. We identify similarities and differences within their experiences and understand these in relation to their intersectional identities and social positioning. We highlight the constraints and distinctive pressures these mothers face, as well as their agency and resourcefulness. We argue for greater inclusion of and attention to these populations in research on single motherhood and a collective valuing of mothers’ care work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2020, Covid-19 forced the cancellation of all student end-of-school examinations in England. Schools were asked to provide centre assessment grades (CAGs), offering their best estimates for what students would have achieved had they sat their examinations. Although initially replaced in favour of grades calculated via an algorithm, students were eventually awarded their CAGs following widespread public outcry over the calculated grades. Whether CAGs were unfairly awarded across different student groups and schools in 2020 compared to previous years is a key question. However, existing analyses of bias in CAGs are limited by a lack of attention to potential interactions between student characteristics and thus to hidden differential grade inflation across intersectional groups. We addressed this by examining student GCSE performance in 2018, 2019 and 2020 via a Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA) analysis of intersectional sociodemographic variation which we cross-classified with schools given their role in generating CAGs. Overall, a picture of stability emerged where, despite substantial overall grade inflation in 2020, the use of CAGs did not appear to have generated new or divergent intersectional relationships in comparison to previous years, suggesting CAGs showed a similar susceptibility to bias as normal examinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Korean adoptees undergo events that impact the salience and development of multiple minority identities over time. Eight Korean adoptees completed two semi-structured interviews. Using an interpretative phenomenological approach, seven superordinate themes were identified: Coping with Adoption; Experiences Around Visiting Korea; Identity; Mental Health; Minority Distress; Reactions to Participation; and Social Support. The study highlighted the Korean adoptees' sense making and recall of significant experiences within various settings and contexts. The theory of intersectionality contextualized the individual differences, multiple minority identities, and highlighted social and cultural oppression. The data uniquely informs clinical decision-making and considerations when working with Korean adoptee individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To center the experiences of twenty Salvadoran women from the Washington, D.C. metro area, I use intersectionality as a conceptual framework. Starting from the vantage point of intersecting identities, these women build on gender and immigrant experiences to remain "fearless fighters" and "leave footprints" with their activism. However, sexism and racism press on their feelings of empowerment and force them to employ resistance strategies to sustain a commitment to immigrant rights. This article adopts an intersectional lens–to make sense of the opportunities and oppression that simultaneously render Salvadoran identities salient–while speaking to social movement scholarship addressing immigrant women's activism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]