Editorial
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OII Europe Annual Report 2022
From the Introduction: The year 2022 has been a year of changes: of very good changes, like OII Europe’s first European Commission framework partnership agreement which has resulted in substantial stability and the much needed increase of the organisation’s policy staff. But it has also been a year of feeling the impact of the still
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Intersections: The LGBTI II Survey – Intersex Analysis
On May 3rd, ILGA Europe and OII Europe published a report on Intersections, the fourth of a series of reports that seek to deep-dive into the data of the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) 2019 LGBTI Survey II. This briefing, on which we worked together with ILGA-Europe, presents and summarises the most relevant data about the
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Addressing intersex genital mutilation (IGM) in the directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence
Join OII Europe on April 26th as we co-host an event at the European Parliament on Addressing intersex genital mutilation (IGM) in the directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence.
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Category: Woman – Documentary
We are happy to be presenting partners together with Human Rights Watch for the documentary Category: Woman. It premieres on Friday, 17 March 2023 in London during the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Category: Woman is an urgent documentary highlighting the policing of women’s bodies in sport – and what happens when sexism and racism
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Press Release Y v. France ECHR decision
Press Release 22. February 2023 On 31 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights released its judgement in the case of Y v. France. The case concerned the French authorities’ refusal to allow for the “male” gender marker of the applicant, an intersex person, to be replaced by “neutral” or “intersex” on the person’s
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Comment on Y v. France ECHR decision
The European Court of Human Rights did not find a violation of Art. 8 ECHR in a case about access to neutral gender marker On 31 January 2023, the European Court of Human Rights released its judgement in the case of Y v. France (application no. 76888/17). The case concerned the French authorities’ refusal to
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Impact of the War in Ukraine on Intersex People and Rights of Intersex Asylum Seekers Panel Transcript
On Friday, September 30th, 2022, during the OII Europe Online Public Conference 2022 OII Europe organized a panel called “Impact of the War in Ukraine on Intersex People and Rights of Intersex Asylum Seekers”. The text transcript of the panel is available below. We thank your amazing invited speakers, moderator and author of the quote.
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Unterstützen Sie Ihr intergeschlechtliches Kind
We are happy to present the German translation of our parents toolkit Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit! This version has been amended with information on the situation in Austria and Switzerland. The original English version was created in cooperation with ILGYO and EPA.
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#MyIntersexStory now translated into Turkish
#BenimİnterseksHikayem We are very happy to present the Turkish translation of our testimonial book “#MyIntersexStory – Personal accounts by intersex people living in Europe” with fifteen testimonies by intersex people and their families and with fifteen colourful illustrations by intersex artist and OII Europe staff member Ins A Kromminga. This book also includes a text
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Advancing the Human Rights of Intersex People Conference – Council of Europe
We are excited to share with you the conference ADVANCING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERSEX PEOPLE – 26 January 2023 13:00-18:00 CET – Council of Europe Strasbourg / online The Conference is hosted in the framework of Iceland’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, organised by the SOGI Unit in
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OII Europe Community Event and Public Conference 2023 in Paris, France
OII Europe is very happy to announce that after 2 years of having events online, our next Community Event and Public Conference will be held in person. Our fourth Community event and Public Conference in Paris, France, we will be hosted by Collectif Intersexe Activiste – OII France. Deadline to register for the Community Event
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OII Europe Intersex Refugees & Asylum Seekers Flyer
Intersex refugees and asylum seekers can often experience a range of additional problems due to being intersex. OII Europe is working towards increasing intersex sensitivity and knowledge among professionals working with intersex refugees and asylum seekers. With our new flyer we highlight specific needs of intersex refugees and asylum seekers and provide a list of
Categories: Europe, flyer, Human Rights, Intersex People, Library, OII Europe Publications, Refugees & Asylum Seekers
