Embedding Inclusion and Intersectionality in Mediation Practice

Description

This workshop discusses how intersectionality can inform efforts to achieve greater inclusion in mediation and be used as a powerful tool in conflict analysis. As such, the workshop explores how facilitators can ensure that diverse identities are recognised in mediation processes, whilst also examining some of the barriers to increasing diversity amongst trained mediators.
The workshop will cover what inclusion and intersectionality mean in the context of mediation practice. Then, from a practical perspective, it will look at how dominant approaches and language can influence a sense of inclusion, and lack thereof, within mediation processes.
Overall, the workshop illustrates how an intersectional perspective can inform a deeper understanding of conflict dynamics and disputes which is attentive to power differentials. Mediators will be encouraged to reflect on how they can embody intersectionality in their practice and build on this perspective to better support parties’ abilities to engage in the mediation process.

Period	13 Nov 2023
Work for	Scottish Mediation, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	National