ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that while, historically, Black feminists have utilised intersectionality to challenge violence against Black and minority women and girls, it remains little understood or applied in social work or social policy. It concludes that although academic discourse has usefully developed intersectionality, it has travelled far by displacing race and gender, despite rising racism and cultural or religious relativism. It is argued that addressing safeguarding and gender-based violence requires greater recognition of intersectional discrimination and that conflict in rights can be resolved through the concepts of ‘mature multiculturalism’ and ‘mature multi-faithism’ located within secular human rights frameworks.
