Side event, African Commission on Human and People’s Rights
On 4 November, Iranti, SIPD Uganda, Human Rights Watch and the University of Pretoria Centre for Human Rights are holding a side event at the 61st session of the ACHPR.
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AJWS, Astraea and GATE: critical funding gap
AJWS, Astraea and GATE have published two reports today, one on the state of intersex organising, and one on the state of trans organising. The reports reveal critical funding gaps.
OII Europe youth campaign
Between Intersex Awareness Day and Intersex Day of Solidarity, OII Europe is running a youth campaign, promoting empowerment, not normalisation.
Statement by API, Portugal
A statement by Santiago M’banda Lima and Bernardo M’banda for Ação Pela Identidade.
South Africa: Intersex rights in rural settings
Intersex South Africa, Iranti, and the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities’ Rights Commission have co-hosted a dialogue on intersex rights in rural and traditional settings.
Protest: Chicago intersex activists demand Lurie Children’s Hospital end medically unnecessary surgery
On Intersex Awareness Day at midday, a protest took place outside Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago.
Human Rights Watch: Doctors need intersex care standards
Human Rights Watch and interACT have called for standards of care for intersex children in the US.
Zwischengeschlecht: A genealogy of intersex genital mutilation
For Intersex Awareness Day, Zwischengeschlecht celebrate their achievements, and publish a genealogy of intersex genital mutilation.
Astraea launches third Intersex Human Rights Fund grant cycle
The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice has issued nearly $300,000 USD to 37 intersex-led groups in 28 countries.
Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group breakfast
OII Australia and the AIS Support Group Australia held a breakfast and panel at Australia’s federal Parliament House in Canberra on 19 October.
Lambda Legal adds to calls for end to medically unnecessary surgeries
The US legal organisation Lambda Legal has issued a call for an end to medically unnecessary genital surgeries on intersex infants and children.
ACLU issues call to stop medically unnecessary nonconsensual surgeries
Chase Strangio of the American Civil Liberties Union has called for an end to nonconsensual medically unnecessary surgeries on young intersex children.