Intersectionality is an analytical tool that recognises that systemic inequalities are configured from the superposition of different social factors such as gender, ethnicity and social class. Consequently, both the disadvantages and the privileges that a person has at a given moment particular time and place cannot be understood by examining in isolation the various elements of their identity. On the contrary, attention must be paid to the set of power relations that affect it, including those forces at the macro-level such as colonial past and poverty; and then forces at the micro-level, which include a person’s health status and the