Ally Work at the Intersections: Theorising for Practice and Practicing for Theory

In our work as social workers and social work educators in Western Australia, our focus has been in developing a framework for practice as Allies with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Here we extend this framework to pay attention to that other central practice area of social work - feminism. Allyship is applied to many contexts, including feminist social work concerns, but remains minimally theorised. Using the emerging theorising of Ally Work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as a foundation, the three authors, one Whadjuk Nyungah yorga from Western Australia and two white Australian women, provide a theoretical framework of Ally work for working in the intersectional space.