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“The way my mother lived her life was the way most poor Black women and most poor women everywhere [lived]. It was intersectional before we knew what intersectional was.” ⁠ Ford Foundation president @DarrenWalker speaks with @ElaineWelteroth about his early memories of his mother experiencing violence and how they mirrored the intersections of culture, poverty and gender-based violence. Yet what can we do about gender-based violence—a crisis that many years ago impacted Darren’s mother, a poor Black woman in rural Texas—and today still impacts 1/3 of all women around the world? When cultures dehumanize and devalue women in interconnected and entangled ways, we need intersectional approaches to combat these cultural norms and to achieve the gender equality we want. ⁠ This panel conversation was part of a day-long call to action at @FordFoundation’s #FreeFuture gathering earlier this month—aimed at addressing gender-based violence globally and what we can do to prevent it.⁠ #UNGAxFord #UNGA