How Women Can Push for Change in the Workplace

Women are instrumental to their workplaces, even though in some places they have to fight age-old stereotypes. Regardless of not whether they are in a leadership position, women in every workplace have the potential to create a lasting impact. The following are a few ways female employees can push for change.

The Future is Intersectional

Intersectionality, a term coined decades ago by the Black philosopher Kimberlé Crenshaw, is a theoretical framework for mapping how various aspects of an individual’s social and political identities combine to incite different levels and modes of discrimination. While all women may share similar experiences of discrimination due to their gender, women who grew up poor will have faced different injustices than those who grew up in a more financially stable environment, Black women will have faced different injustices than white women, and so on. It’s become a bit of a buzzword over the past several years, but its active and sincere implementation cannot be understated. When you fight for change in the workplace, ensure that your actions are informed of a variety of needs. Are you a white woman with management that considers natural hair to be unprofessional? Are you an able-bodied woman working in a building that isn’t up to accessibility codes? Advocate for your fellow women!

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