We are happy to share with you our Annual Report for 2024.
Below in the download section you find two versions for the PDF download (web & print).
From the Introduction:
2024 was a year… of many things.
We saw the third year of the war in Ukraine unfold and witnessed other conflicts emerge, which are equally rooted in inhumane ideologies and actions. We welcomed a new staff member in March and said goodbye to another one in May. With the first ever UN intersex resolution Combating discrimination, violence and harmful practices against intersex persons, we were part of reaching an incredible milestone in April; and at the same time we saw new and unprecedented levels of hate towards and adversity faced by female athletes with variations of sex characteristics during the Summer Olympics in July/August.
We celebrated the first ever mention of the ground of “sex characteristics” in binding EU legislation in one of the two Directives on binding standards for equality bodies due to the efforts of members of the European Parliament; and we saw the European Parliament turn to become more conservative than ever the very same year.
We participated in an excellent training in May offered by the US State Department to build our capacity to become a future grantee and potentially a regranting intermediary for the European intersex community; in fall we were forced to postpone these plans after the election results.
We saw funding spaces shrink and then one of our funders generously increased our grant.
We’ve seen far right wing forces on the rise and, as a response, we’ve seen our networks and allies becoming stronger and stronger in joining forces. We continue to see civil society spaces shrink and at the same time, we expanded our mandate to include Central Asia and the Maghreb region upon request of activists working there.
We’ve seen our member organisations fight against the multiple challenges they face and then move to overcome them and bring change to their countries. We’ve seen positive changes on the European level that we weren’t sure we would be able to see 10 years ago.
This is why nothing will hinder us to take a next step, and another one, including striving to become in the coming years, as OII Europe, a regranting entity for intersex organisations in Europe. We will continue working to ensure that human rights standards and strong legislation will guarantee the protection of intersex people, that intersex people and their families continue to have organisations that they can turn to and spaces where they can meet, and that they are able to get the respect and acceptance they deserve, as they are.
We welcome you to the 2024 OII Europe Annual Report.
The OII Europe Staff and Steering Board
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