IN CONVERSATION
DIVERSIFYING DIVERSITY
Women Well Represented in Nonprofit Sector, But What About Intersectionality?: Part Two
BY TANYA HANNAH RUMBLE, CFRE AND MARIYA YUROKOVA, MBA, CFRE
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n March, we introduced you to four nonprofit leaders who courageously opened up about their experiences as leaders with visible identities. In this issue, we present four more nonprofit leaders with a myriad of intersectional identities from across Canada. In order to fix a problem one needs to recognize there is a problem first. For too long, many have assumed there can’t be equity issues in the nonprofit sector, since more than 70 percent of staff identify as female1. This has led to complacency when it comes to leadership development programming for women, and to inclusive talent recruitment and a lack of examination of the reasons why many of the few female identifying folks with intersectional identities chose to leave our sector early in their careers or struggle to advance their careers. By shining 16
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a light on the inherent inequity issues in our sector while sharing the inspirational leadership stories that we hope will inspire the next generation of female and non-binary nonprofit professionals. We also hope more practically, that this will invite dialogue and generate ideas about how to break down systemic barriers so that our sector is truly representative of the communities we serve. We are grateful to Anjum Sultana, Meenakshi Das, Betty Lepp and Sanaa Ali-Mohammed for bravely share what they wish they had when they were new professionals. They also were asked who inspires them and what they are doing now to share their power and privilege with the next generation of emerging leaders in the sector.
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