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Assessing Capacity Building Needs Across Europe OII Europe Survey — Deadline July 12th 2020
As a part of the EU-funded project RISE we at OII Europe would like to learn more about capacity building needs of intersex activists and organisations across Europe. The acquired data will be used a…
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Intersex people in Europe face physical violence and harassment
Unfortunately, as the latest FRA LGBTI report reveals, many intersex people in Europe suffer from physical and sexual attack based on being intersex. They even turn out to be the most affected among all LGBTI…
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Recent survey shows high rate of discrimination of intersex people in Europe
It was on December 10th, 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights” and “all are entitled to equal protection against any…
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Recent survey shows high rate of medical interventions on intersex people lack consent
Intersex people are still subject to invasive and often irreversible medical or surgical treatments to modify their sex characteristics, mainly to align them to social standards of so-called male and female bodies. As the latest…
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European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) launches report of the 2019 EU-LGBTI II survey
Today, 14th of May 2020, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency published the results of the new LGBTI Study. Almost 140.000 LGBTI people from 28 countries participated, making the study the largest survey of its kind…
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Letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: in regards to Article 33 of the proposed Omnibus Bill, 2020
Together with ILGA-Europe and TGEU we have sent a joint letter to the Hungarian government to stop the attack on legal gender recognition. In the letter, we list the international calls to #Drop33 of a…
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EU Strategy on victims’ rights (2020-2025) Joint submission
One component of work under the Victim’s Rights Directive relating to violence against women and girls is combatting female genital mutilation (FGM). In order to also address the human rights violations that intersex infants and…
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Kako podržati vaše interspolno dijete – Priručnik za roditelje
Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit in Croatian Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer…
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#MyIntersexStory – Personal accounts by intersex people living in Europe
OII Europe Press Release (download as PDF)November 8th, 2019 Check out our campaign website under https://myintersexstory.oiieurope.org/ You can download our publication as a PDF (17,9 MB) under the following link: https://www.oiieurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/testimonial_broch_21-21cm_for_web.pdf
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Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка
Мальчик или девочка? При рождении ребенка этот вопрос задают по всему миру. Многие родители ответят на этот вопрос, особо не задумываясь. Но для значительного количества родителей это более сложный вопрос. Поддержка вашего интерсекс-ребенка (PDF)
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Intersex Awareness Day Oct 26 Campaign #MyIntersexStory
On the Intersex Awareness Day (Oct. 26 2019) we launch our campaign #MyIntersexStory with quotes of testimonies by intersex people living in Europe. Go check out this page to learn more or keep your eyes…
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Supporting your intersex child – A parents’ toolkit (serbian version)
Is it a boy or a girl? This is the question that is asked the world over when someone gives birth. Many parents will answer that question without much thought. But for a significant number…
