Intersectionality

Ramil writes about the urgency of intersectionality by studying the narratives of Azerbaijani LGBTQI+/queer individuals who have been facing multi-layered discrimination in Azerbaijan.

The year 2020 marks 25 years since the 4th UN World Conference on Women in Beijing. This conference was a turning point: The Beijing Platform for Action, which defined twelve critical areas for the status of women and recommended steps to improve them.

Feminist movements that focus exclusively on abortion rights primarily represent the perspective of white, privileged women. Reproductive justice goes further, combining reproductive rights with social justice.

White feminist discourses often obscure gendered and racialised lines of belonging and struggle specific to the vulnerabilities of Black women. The murder of Breonna Taylor highlights why feminism cannot be colour-blind. 

Knowledge needs an intersectial approach when deconstructed. A new type of knowledge is needed.