Towards an intersectional praxis in international development: what can the sector learn from Black feminists located in the global North?

The mental health and substance use treatment experiences of racially and ethnically minoritised women who have experienced sexual violence

“…There are gaps in the literature, as to how global majority women (including women of colour and Indigenous women from the Global South; Campbell‐Stephens, 2021) who are racially and ethnically minoritised 1 and have been subjected to sexual violence experience mental health and substance use services. Minoritised in this context refers to an active process in which cultural, political, economic and social power has been removed from people on the basis of their race and ethnicity (Kagal & Latchford, 2020; Selvarajah et al., 2020). Theories describing the consequences of sexual violence and outlining appropriate treatment approaches neglect the impact of the additional sources of oppression that minoritised women experience, including interpersonal and structural racism, poverty and uncertain immigration status which can also result in trauma (Gradus & Galea, 2022; Ranjbar et al., 2020; Skewes & Blume, 2019; Thiara & Roy, 2020).…”

Preparing Social Work Students for International Field Education through Intercultural Awareness

“…These have become convenient labels, implying people living in these countries are 'not like us' and assumes Northern practitioners are best placed to address humanitarian contexts in the Global South. Attitudes like this perpetuate colonial narratives and position Western expertise over others [6][7][8][9][10][11].…”

Response to commentaries on Patricia Daley and Amber Murrey's ‘Defiant scholarship: Dismantling coloniality in contemporary African geographies’.

“…Mobilizing theories developed in the North by black women is not a panacea to addressing fundamental problems of coloniality in African societies. Kagal and Latchford (2020) discuss attempts by international development agencies to draw on the intersectional approach used by black women activists in London, UK, in their work on violence against women in the global South. Kagal and Latchford conclude that these agencies need 'to begin by acknowledging the geo-political and historical roots of the underdevelopment of the global South, examining the continuation of discourses of economic, social, cultural, and moral "inferiority" versus "superiority", and the centrality of the global North to both these processes' (Kagal & Latchford, 2020: 29).…”