In plural societies identity politics and cultural practices of ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities are under pressure. At the constitutional level, religious identity politics—with the headscarf as the most prominent example—as well religious dispute resolution practices in ethno-religious communities—are increasingly seen as disregarding or threatening the constitutional and human rights order. The latter is particularly...
Tag: <span>Iyiola Solanke</span>
The Paradox of Intersectionality in Europe
The theory of intersectional discrimination arose to highlight the legal subjectivity of black women through centralisation of the specific discrimination they endured at work and elsewhere. Although designed to give political voice to this group of workers who were eclipsed in discrimination law, the breadth of the intersectional vision was not limited to these women....