Serving Black Women Survivors of IPV TAG Series - Part 2: Taking an Intersectional Approach

The purpose of this 4-part Technical Assistance Guidance (TAG) series, Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, is to give advocates the tools and practical strategies to identify, reach, and effectively serve Black women-identified survivors of intimate partner violence.

Part 2 supports advocates in taking an intersectional approach to providing services to Black survivors. In this paper, advocates will find:

• A definition of intersectionality,
• A discussion of the importance of taking an intersectional approach,
• Suggestions for how to provide survivor-centered, culturally-responsive, trauma-informed, strengths-based care for Black survivors, and
• Suggestions for working with Black survivors based on their ethnic identity.

Access the full Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence TAG series:

• Part 1: Providing Survivor-Centered, Culturally Responsive, Trauma-Informed, Strengths-Based Care
• Part 2: Taking an Intersectional Approach
• Part 3: Understanding Reproductive Coercion, Non-Fatal Strangulation, and Intimate Partner Homicide
• Part 4: Using a Web of Trauma to Understand Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence