Intersections among social challenges

What this covers

Social challenges compound when demographic position, gender, poverty, disability, caste, age, migration status and place combine. An urban migrant woman, an older person living alone, a child in an informal settlement and a disabled rural worker face different barriers even when each is described as poor. Intersectional analysis identifies how institutions and policies create cumulative disadvantage or leave gaps between schemes. Map the chain from social position to exposure, service access, coping strategy and longer outcome, and assess whether interventions are coordinated around people’s lives rather than administrative categories.