Europe
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thisisintersex.org
We are happy to announce the launch event of thisisintersex.org on October 26th, on Intersex Awareness Day, held from 15:00 till 16:15h, CEST time. We especially want to thank Ms Helena Dalli, Commissioner for Equality of the European Union, who will deliver the keynote speech. We are also pleased to have our speakers Surya Monro,…
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EP resolution on gender-based violence
European Parliament takes a strong stand for combatting all forms of gender-based violence, including those against LGBTIQ people in its newly adopted resolution
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LBTI Women in Sports: violence, discrimination and lived experiences
In March 2021, a coalition of European networks working on LGBTI rights and including ILGA Europe, EL*C, TGEU, OII Europe and EGLSF submitted to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe a briefing note on violence and discrimination against LBTI women in sport. The PACE has drawn attention to gender-based violence and discrimination in…
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Intergeschlechtliche Menschen in Europa schützen: Ein Toolkit für Gesetzgeber_innen und politische Entscheidungsträger_innen
Wir freuen uns die deutschsprachige Übersetzung des Legal Toolkits von OII Europe und ILGA-Europe„Protecting Intersex People in Europe: A toolkit for law and policy makers„ präsentieren zu können. Die deutschsprachige Version wurde von OII Germany erstellt. DOWNLOAD: You can download the toolkit as PDF (860kB) here
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European Parliament urges for the protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU for all
OII Europe Press Release – Download as PDF On Thursday 24 June 2021 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU, in the frame of women’s health1. With 378 votes in favour, 255 against and 42 abstentions, the plenary condemned the backslides that several…
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Good Practice Map 2020
Today, 17th of May 2021, OII Europe is proud to present the Intersex Good Practice Map 2020. The map features nine examples of good practices from the areas of policy action, data collection, monitoring, legal gender recognition, campaigning, anti-discrimination, legislation against hate speech/crime and funding training & counseling.
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Të Mbështesësh Fëmijën tënd Interseks
Çfarë është interseks? A është djalë apo vajzë? Kjo është pyetja që shtrohet në të gjithë botën kur dikush lind. Shumë prindër do t’i përgjigjen kësaj pyetjeje pa u menduar gjatë. Por për një numër të konsiderueshëm prej tyre përgjigjja do të jetë më komplekse.
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OII Europe Submission on Hate Crime and Hate Speech
Bias and detestation against intersex people have been entrenched in society for a long time without being perceived or addressed as such, and, as a result, the lived reality of intersex people is full of incidents that easily qualify as hate speech and hate crime once put into the framework of the fundamental right of…
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New EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child Affirms Rights of Intersex Children
On March 24th 2021 the European Commission published the EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child. The strategy addresses key areas of children’s rights in the EU, including, but not limited to, socio-economic inclusion, health and education and protection against violence. It also explicitly addresses the rights of intersex children. The Strategy: recognizes IGM…
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Legal gender recognition for intersex people in Europe
Our research document contains the results of the research that we conducted together with ILGA-Europe and C.I.A. The research aims at showing a positive trend in Europe towards the recognition of non-binary identities.
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European Parliament declares the European Union an ‘‘LGBTIQ Freedom Zone’’
On Thursday 11 March 2021 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the declaration of the EU as an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone (2021/2557(RSP))1. By 492 votes in favour, 141 against and 46 abstentions, MEPs reiterated and furthered the stand they expressed in the resolution of 18 December 2019 on public discrimination and hate speech against…
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Submission to the European Court of Human Rights: M against France
The present case concerns the breach of bodily integrity through sex-assignement procedures on intersex children and the obstacles faced when seeking reparation before the Courts.
