Intersectional Discrimination in the EU

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Summary

This report addresses how overlapping forms of discrimination, such as gender and race, create unique disadvantages for women of African, Middle-Eastern, Latin-American, and Asian descent in the EU.

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Key points

The report defines intersectional discrimination as the interaction of multiple grounds of prejudice that produce unique forms of disadvantage.
Women from diverse backgrounds face significant socio-economic barriers, including higher rates of poverty and precarious employment in the care sector.
There is a critical need for better equality data that is broken down by multiple factors like race, gender, and disability to make marginalized groups visible in policymaking.
The report calls for the strengthening of legal protections to ensure that intersectional discrimination is explicitly prohibited by law.