
IGM
While many legal contexts do not explicitly address intersex genital mutilation (IGM), female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely addressed in the European legal landscape…
Organisation Intersex International Europe
While many legal contexts do not explicitly address intersex genital mutilation (IGM), female genital mutilation (FGM) is widely addressed in the European legal landscape…
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 FRA EU-LGBTI II Survey Report confirms, the majority of such treatments lack the free and informed consent of the person concerned.
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ORGANISATION INTERSEX INTERNATIONAL EUROPE e.V.
is a registered charitable non-for-profit-organisation
Court of Registration: Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
Registry Number: VR 34983 B
ADDRESS:
Heidelberger Str. 63/64
12435 Berlin
Germany
The project „RISE! Fighting discrimination and increasing visibility of intersex people through capacity and knowledge building" was funded by the European Union's Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020).
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