OII Europe (Organisation Intersex International Europe) is the umbrella organisation of European human rights based and intersex-led organisations. OII Europe works for the protection of intersex persons’ human rights in Europe, Central Asia and the Maghreb region.
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European Parliament Elections 2024
Ahead of the June 2024 European Parliament Elections, OII Europe has developed an info leaflet that raises awareness on the importance of casting your vote and contributing to the democratic process. The leaflet clearly sets out the role that the European Parliament can play in advancing intersex rights at EU-level, as well as looking back…
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New resource: OII Europe Refugees & Asylum Seekers toolkit
We are happy to present the OII Europe Refugees & Asylum Seekers toolkit! Our new toolkit provides high quality information about supporting intersex refugees and asylum seekers. It also serves as a tool for professionals to learn about the specific challenges faced by intersex asylum seekers and refugees. Recording of the Online Launch Event of…
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Statement on the political agreement on the VAW and DV directive
On February 6th, the European Parliament and EU Member States finally reached a political agreement on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. OII Europe has worked relentlessly on behalf of the European intersex community to advocate for a comprehensive text that includes intersex victims of gender-based violence and domestic violence. We…
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DEPATH INTERSEX – Intersex Awareness Weeks Campaign 2023
October 26, 2023 is #IntersexAwarenessDay! On this day this year we launched our #IAW23 campaign on #DepathIntersex. The campaign aims to help people gain an understanding of what pathologizing intersex means and why it has to stop. Please help to raise awareness about how we all can help to depathologize #intersex people by sharing this…
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Making LGBTQ(I) Organisations Intersex Inclusive (flyer)
Are you an LGBTQ organisation that is thinking of including the topic of intersex rights in your work? Do you want to support your local intersex movement? Include the topic of intersex human rights in your organisation’s portfolio? Check out our new flyer that provides some guidelines to help you start the process.
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OII Europe Follow Up COVID-19 Intersex Survey 2022
Two years after the original 2020 OII Europe COVID-19 Survey, to assess the impact of the pandemic on the intersex community in Europe throughout the 2,5 years of the pandemic, the OII Europe Follow Up COVID-19 Intersex Survey 2022 was launched on August 12th, 2022. The survey was open for 35 days.
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Joint statement of civil society organisations on the EU directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence
OII Europe has co-written a joint statement in collaboration with numerous civil society organisations working to protect women’s rights and to advance gender equality on the directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. Please find the whole text of the joint statement here [pdf] The undersigned organisations have made recommendations to the EU…
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OII Europe Strategic Plan 2023 – 2027
The Strategic Plan 2023-2027 is OII Europe’s second strategic plan. The document brings together the collective ideas of our membership, the Steering Board and of our staff. It formulates OII Europe’s strategic objectives, together with means to achieve them. It helps us ensure that our work is focused, our strategies are clear and that our…
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OII Europe receives the 2023 Alan Turing LGBTIQ+ Award
Yesterday, 27th of July 2023, OII Europe received the 2023 Alan Turing LGBTIQ+ Award for International Organisations, in Santa Cruz, Tenerife. The Alan Turing LGBTIQ+ Award is a unique award in the world in its category and aim to recognize the work of national and international personalities as well as organisations and bodies who have…
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The European Parliament position on the Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence includes IGM among the forms of violence within the Directive scope
Press Release – download as PDF Today, 12 July 2023, the European Parliament, in its plenary session, endorsed the report of the Civil Liberties and Women’s Rights Committees on the European Commission’s proposal for a directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, thus giving the Committees a clear mandate to continue their work…
