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How does the concept of intersectionality help social workers to better serve survivors of intimate partner violence who come from a wide variety of identities and experiences, as well as their partners and families?

How does the identity of a social worker within helping systems impact the work with survivors and family members facing intimate partner violence?

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This posting discusses the concept pf intersectionality and intimate partner violence.

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The concept of intersectionality can help social workers to better serve the survivors of intimate partner violence who come with a wide variety of identities and experiences by identifying the multiple types of overlapping discrimination as well as identify the several characteristics that place them in a minority class. On one hand, intersectionality helps social workers to recognize the multiple identities that lead to intimate partner violence and their partners and families. For example, a social worker can understand that a victim of intimate partner violence has the overlapping discrimination of being a woman, being black, and not have valid immigration documents. The social worker ...

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