The Intersectional Challenges of Indigenous Women's Leadership

Bibliographic Data

ID22158363
AuthorsTom Ryan (0000-0002-6655-4933, corresponding author), Tess Ryan
Year2020
Volume3
Issue2
Pages149-171
Publication date2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
Venueab-Original (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2470-6221 • E-ISSN: 2471-0938
PublisherThe Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5325/aboriginal.3.2.0149
OpenAlexW3088472085
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited25

This article investigates, from the findings of previous doctoral research, the intersectional challenges that ultimately contribute to developing and determining the strong voices of Indigenous women's leadership in the Australian context. Utilizing Indigenous women's standpoint theory as the guiding frameworks for the research, 20 Indigenous women were interviewed as part of a broader project investigating Indigenous women's leadership. A number of themes emerged in understanding what it means to be an Indigenous woman leading in the present day. The article concludes that Indigenous Australian women face unique challenges in their leadership trajectory and attempts to reframe some of those challenges into opportunities

Cognitive reframing · Geography · Indigenous · Intersectionality · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Canadian Identity and History · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Psychology · Social Psychology