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		<title>Diary of a proud intersex person</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  by Dimakatso ‘Garfield’ Sebidi I am unshakable. I am unstoppable. I am God-fearing. And I am proudly intersex.   I was treated differently because I am different. This is because I was born with two genitals. I spent the first six years of my life in and out of Baragwanath –which is now called...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Human Rights Day Should Also Be For Intersex Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Press ReleaseMarch 19, 2021 As South Africans celebrate Human Rights Day, Iranti is calling for the government to uphold the Convention on the Rights of the Child by ending Intersex Genital Mutilation. The organisation is asking the South African government to review and reform policy by creating legislative and policy frameworks that promote and protect...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our Needs ARE Essential!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2020 05:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An open letter to the Minister of Home Affairs Hon. P.A. Motsoaledi, The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa, the NCCC, and all representatives of the Department of Home Affairs 24 August 2020 DOWNLOAD THE OPEN LETTER TO MINISTER MOTSOALEDI HERE. Hon. Dr Pakishe Aaron Motsoaledi Minister of the Department of Home Affairs Minister@dha.gov.za...]]></description>
		
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		<title>[STATEMENT] Human Rights for Queer Persons in a time of COVID-19</title>
		<link>https://www.iranti.org.za/statement-human-rights-for-queer-persons-in-a-time-of-covid-19/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iranti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2020 07:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[[STATEMENT] Human Rights for queer persons in a time of COVID-19 21 March 2020 &#8211; Iranti would like to take into consideration the challenges the citizens of our country went through to ensure we as a country can celebrate Human Rights Day with dignity. We cannot, however, look away from the basic human rights that...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iranti and ISSA speak with SAHRC on intersex rights</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iranti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:34:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Words and photo by Rumana Akoob Iranti visited the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Friday, 23 August 2019, to conduct a workshop on Intersex rights in South Africa. Nthabiseng Mokoena from Intersex South Africa (ISSA) first took SAHRC staff through pronouns, and current understandings of gender and sex. They explained how most peoples’...]]></description>
		
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		<title>[VACANCY] Programmes and Advocacy Officer</title>
		<link>https://www.iranti.org.za/vacancy-programmes-and-advocacy-officer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iranti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iranti is a human rights NGO that advocates for the rights and protections of Lesbian, Trans and Intersex (LTI) persons. Iranti’s advocacy strategy employs the tactical use of multi-media, research and public awareness initiatives to build and advance human rights for LTI persons in the region. Iranti seeks to fill the following vacancy: Chief Officer:...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Joint Statement on ICD-11 process for trans &#038; gender diverse people</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iranti]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 May 2019 07:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The ICD-11 is about to be voted in at the World Health Assembly, after being completed last year by the World Health Organization. After moving trans-related categories out of the Chapter on Mental Health, the next steps in the process include getting rid of the remaining pathologizing language and advancing towards legal depathologization and universal...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Joint statement by intersex activists on the International Classification of Diseases 11</title>
		<link>https://www.iranti.org.za/joint-statement-by-intersex-activists-on-the-international-classification-of-diseases-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2019 13:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We, the undersigned intersex-led organisations and groups, welcome moves by the WHO that continue a trend to depathologise sexual and gender minorities in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), expected to be approved at the World Health Assembly in May 2019. However, we express our deepest regret that the ICD-11 reverses this trend in relation...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Statement on the CAS/IAAF discriminatory ruling against Caster Semenya</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 14:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a blow to the ongoing battle for equality in sports; the Court of Arbitration in Sport (CAS) ruled on 1 May 2019 that Caster Semenya will have to artificially lower her natural testosterone levels in order to compete professionally against other women in a number of middle-distance running events. This is the latest in...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Remembering MaliQ Akayo, a beloved member of TransBantu Zambia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that Iranti has learnt of the passing of MaliQ Akayo, a beloved member of TransBantu Zambia. Another inspiring member of the African transgender community is gone too soon. MaliQ facilitated a number of trainings and community building activities at TransBantu, and helped introduce the organisation’s first Human Resources and Financial...]]></description>
		
		
		
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