Intersectionality

Six submissions referenced policy intersectionality: CPPN; Gasice; Doras; LGBTI; AI and the UNESCO Chair ITT.

The UNESCO Chair ITT recommended that the DCEDIY SoS take an intersectional approach to policy development and implementation as “many people will fall into two or more” of the minority groups for whom the DCEDIY holds policy responsibilities, such as: children and youth; women; people with disabilities; migrants; Travellers and Roma; and LGBTI+ communities. According to LGBTI, who referenced “many within the LGBTI+ community who are additionally marginalised and face multiple discrimination” the Department should pursue:

targeted measures that support intersectional needs… to improve the lives of those within the LGBTI+ community who experience the greatest barriers to feeling safe, respected and included.

In relation to direct provision, the CPPN called for the DECDIY to: “…end the practice of unrelated adults sharing rooms entirely as it fails to respect the right to privacy of those affected and may in particular put LGBTQI+ or other vulnerable International Protection Applicants at risk”.

This was echoed by Doras, who called for the DCEDIY to:

…acknowledge and address the intersectional impact of LGBTIQ+ issues on people from a migrant background in the development of policy and practice around all issues under the remit of the DCEDIY.