From “Buzzword” to Best Practice: Applying Intersectionality to Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Abstract
Empirical studies on the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) on children have burgeoned over the last three decades. Notably absent from existing approaches to studying children exposed to IPV, however, is attention to how various positionalities intersect to impact the experiences of children and their families. In fact, while the importance of an intersectional framework for understanding IPV has been discussed for over two decades, little or no attention has been given to issues of children’s exposure to IPV. In this article, we examine the current state of the literature on children exposed to IPV through an exploratory meta-analysis, finding limited application of intersectionality and a focus on discrete categories of difference. We then demonstrate why and how an intersectional framework should be applied to children exposed to IPV, with specific strategies for research and policy. We suggest a child-centered approach that recognizes diversity among children exposed to IPV, extending the challenge to traditional “one-size-fits-all” models to include an intersectionality-informed stance.
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Cole Etherington is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Western Ontario. His dissertation research focuses on gender and well-being over the life course, with particular interests in intersectionality, childhood poverty, and the cumulative effects of disadvantage in women’s lives. His recent work on the intersections of race and gender in shaping women’s psychosocial resources and subsequent health outcomes is forthcoming in Women & Health. His commitment to gender- and feminist-based research has been recognized with an Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Award. In his role as research associate at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence against Women & Children, he is involved in consultation work on gender-based violence (GBV) initiatives, knowledge exchange and translation, and research on intersectionality and GBV.
Linda Baker is the director of the Violence Against Women Learning Network at the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario. She is the past director of the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (formerly the London Family Court Clinic). For over 20 years, most of her research and clinical work have involved adolescent/adult offenders and children/adults who have been victims of abuse and involved with the criminal and family court systems. She has coauthored over 20 publications/resources related to children and families, including Walk Proud, Dance Proud: Footprints on a Healing Journey; Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers; Little Eyes, Little Ears: How Violence against a Mother Shapes Children as They Grow; and Helping an Abused Woman: 101 things to Know, Say and Do. She has presented workshops across the United States and Canada as well as in Europe and Asia to various groups including judges, lawyers, mental health professionals, and educators. Since 2000, she has been a frequent faculty member for the U.S. National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ and Futures Without Violence program on “enhancing judicial skills in domestic violence cases.”
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