Intersectional Social Work Practice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Peer-Reviewed Recommendations

Hudson, Kimberly D.; Mehrotra, Gita R.

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“…Acknowledging our own privileges and social position is the first step for an intersectional practice whether it be in practice, teaching, or research (Hulko, 2009). Hudson and Mehrotra's (2021) synthesis of recommendations identify micro, mezzo, and macro suggestions that include developing a socio-analysis of clients' problems, questioning structures of power within their organizations, and creating alliances with social movements that address social issues. We fully adhere to these recommendations.…”

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Understanding the Trajectories of Women who use Violence Through an Intersectional Feminist Analysis

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Boulebsol

Roy

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This article discusses the results of a collaborative research project aimed at understanding the life trajectories of women who have self-identified as having used violence in a context other than self-defense, which is an understudied topic. Based on semi-structured interviews and aided by an intersectional feminist framework applied to life course theory, we present a qualitative analysis of 26 women's experiences of violence, precarity, and services. The three groups of trajectories are distinguished by level of precarity as determined by the experience of violence in childhood, socioeconomic and family contexts, criminalization, intensity of violence, and whether the women received adequate support. This shows (1) the need for interventions to prevent the reproduction or aggravation of violence suffered and perpetrated; (2) the importance of considering the inter-related factors (gender, class race, etc.) that contribute to the women's precarity; and (3) that these factors must be considered to understand the contexts in which women have come to use violence, without trivializing or excusing it, but rather properly situating it with a view to better preventing and intervening in these situations. Our recommendations are aimed at ensuring that social work practices do not contribute to the enforcement of punitive measures, but support women in pursuing their path.

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“…We fully adhere to these recommendations. In short, all social work programs should be influenced by an intersectional analysis, which recognizes the contingent and dynamic nature of power relations ( Hulko, 2009 ).…”

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Understanding the Trajectories of Women who use Violence Through an Intersectional Feminist Analysis

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Boulebsol

Roy

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“…Social workers are trained to work with the most marginalized, oppressed, and vulnerable populations (National Association of Social Workers, 2021). Liberation also includes formulating and applying practice recommendations at all levels of practice—micro, mezzo, and macro—that are explicitly informed by intersectionality (Hudson & Mehrotra, 2021).…”

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“We Can Only Go So Far”: Employing Intersectionality in Research with Middle-Class Black Women and Black Muslim Women

Oyewuwo,

Walton

2023

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How to engage and apply intersectionality is still a point of contention among scholars. In this conceptual paper, we use examples from our preliminary research on the experiences of middle-class Black women with depression and Black Muslim women who have experienced intimate partner violence to illustrate how we applied intersectionality as a framework and a method. We highlight the foundational literature that informed our applications. We then describe how we employed intersectionality in our respective studies. Through our reflections, we conclude that intersectionality was, and continues to be, a necessary frame for guiding our work due to its rendering visible for critique and intervention categories of privilege and oppression and our centering the experiences of Black women. We, however, note having felt limited in our ability to fully apply intersectionality in our preliminary research. We conclude that what was missing for us reflects critiques of a gap in social work feminist scholarship that is a central tenet of intersectionality: liberation. We posit ways of doing intersectional research that liberates by offering recommendations for research, education, and policy.

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“…The practice framework described here is grounded in findings from a recent study that systematically collected and synthesized micro, mezzo, and macro-level practice recommendations from social work peer-reviewed journal articles that named intersectionality as a guiding theory (Hudson & Mehrotra, 2021). We expand upon the mezzo and macro-level findings by describing their applicability in building and becoming antiracist organizations and pose several key questions and considerations for deepening opportunities for sustainable growth and change specific to the health care sector.…”

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“…Over time, intersectionality has grown and expanded in use and, at present, can be understood as a framework and analytical tool for interrogating how institutional and structural policies and discourses (re)produce power and oppression among individuals based on their intersecting social identities and positionalities. In addition, as a political and intellectual intervention, intersectionality challenges inequitable power dynamics of structural oppression, centers Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) experiences and voices, and aims to promote social justice (Collins, 2000;Dill & Zambrana, 2009;Hudson & Mehrotra, 2021).…”

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Intersectional Antiracist Advocacy Practice in Health Care Organizations

Hudson

Matsuzaka

Mehrotra

2022

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Health care organizations, like individuals, can evolve to become antiracist and promote racial equity within and beyond the organization. In this brief article, we introduce an intersectional antiracist advocacy practice framework applicable to health care organizations that seek restorative and transformative change, as well as participation in social and economic justice action. Becoming an antiracist organization requires an acknowledgment that no organization is impervious to racist and other oppressive ideologies. Organizations can then begin to interrogate, interrupt, and address how racism permeates agency policies, procedures, and culture. The implementation of an intersectional antiracist advocacy practice framework within organizations involves a multifaceted approach, including both internal and external practices. Internally facing practices include providing mandatory antiracist trainings to all employees; promoting a representative and equitable workplace; and developing an organizational power structure based on inclusion, transparency, and accountability. Externally facing practices include fostering nonexploitative, reciprocal community partnerships; contributing to social and economic justice movements; and demonstrating transparency and accountability for the negative impact of operations in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities and lands. We conclude with key questions for health care organizations to consider in regard to their racial equity efforts, specifically around organizational readiness, risk tolerance, and long-term commitment.

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Intersectional Social Work Practice: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of Peer-Reviewed Recommendations

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

Understanding the Trajectories of Women who use Violence Through an Intersectional Feminist Analysis

Understanding the Trajectories of Women who use Violence Through an Intersectional Feminist Analysis

“We Can Only Go So Far”: Employing Intersectionality in Research with Middle-Class Black Women and Black Muslim Women

Intersectional Antiracist Advocacy Practice in Health Care Organizations

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