Priscyll Anctil

Le renouvellement de l’approche féministe des CALACS face à la nécessité intersectionnelle: un engagement mitigé malgré les efforts certains.

Renewing the Centres d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel’ Feminist Approach in Light of an Intersectional Necessity: An Ambivalent Commitment Despite Certain Efforts

Summary, in English

For more than a decade, the Centres d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS) have been involved in developing an intersectional approach, responding to needs emerging from their daily practices. The partial results of the action-research that followed the CALACS in this endeavor show that, despite significant efforts and the recognition of intersectional needs, many obstacles limit the possibility of a real transformation: political resistance, the choice of firststep strategies, a lack of mainstreaming and significant structural constraints. Thus, beyond an increased awareness, a mixed commitment to intersectionality, combined with considerable structural difficulties and the complex materialization of theoretical principles, reduce the depth of the changes carried out by CALACS over the past few years.