intersectional faces of domestic violence Rahni Kaur Binjie - Pathfinder Capacity Building Co-ordinator, Imkaan

imkaan London-based, second-tier women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and ‘minority ethnic’ (BME) women and girls. Over two decades of experience of working around issues such as domestic violence, sexual violence, forced marriage and ‘honour- based’ violence. Work at local, national and international level, in partnership with a range of organisations, to improve policy and practice responses to BME women and girls

what is pathfinder ? A collaboration between an acute health trust, mental health trust and general practices in an area and the Pathfinder Consortium A shared vision to achieve best practice and improve the responses to domestic abuse from health A fixed term project (until March 2020) to map the process and build the tools to translate domestic abuse guidance and research evidence into practice

the urgency of intersectionality | Kimberlé Crenshaw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViDtnfQ9FHc Kimberlé Crenshaw - race, gender and the law

intersectionality

“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives” Audre Lorde, (1982)

what do we know from the sites? In over half of the areas there are no specialist BME / Disability or LGBTQ+ domestic abuse services In some of the sites there is lack of referrals to MARAC of individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ BME women often face additional risks

understanding the needs of bme, disabled and lgbtq+ identities Importance of considering multiple intersecting oppressions Services should be user focused - what does the service user/client want What is the impact on different and multiple identities and how they interact What specialist services are in your area Work in partnership with other agencies - wrap around approach Language - independent interpreters Approaches to asking the right questions at the right time and how to ask and act upon this information

contact details Rahni Kaur Binjie - Pathfinder Capacity Building Co-ordinator e: www.imkaan.org.uk t: 020 7842 8525 @Imkaan