Applying an intersectional lens to policy, program and service delivery means we recognise and address the ways in which systems, structures and attitudes can lead to multiple and overlapping forms of structural discrimination and disadvantage.
'There is nothing that targets or looks after my mob in regional areas who are trans and gender diverse. Suicide rates are higher, disconnection, marginalisation. They’re alone, they’re isolated, they can’t get access to services, they can’t get access to trans health and hormone therapy.'
– Consultation participant
We will act to address the intersection of ableism with other forms of structural discrimination and disadvantage across all our policies, programs and services. This will include:
- building capacity and a framework to support intersectional approaches to policy and program development across government
- embedding Aboriginal cultural safety, cultural responsiveness and LGBTIQ+ inclusion in disability capability initiatives
- a particular focus in the first two years of the plan on working with people with disability to implement the new Victorian gender equality strategy, the Gender Equality Act 2020 (Vic), Free from violence: Victoria’s strategy to prevent family violence and all forms of violence against women, Victoria’s LGBTIQ+ strategy, our youth strategy and mental health reforms.
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