Iranti is a Johannesburg-based human rights advocacy organisation that advocates for the rights of LBTI persons, with a specific focus on lesbian, Transgender and intersex persons in Africa. Iranti works within a human rights framework raising issues on gender identities, and sexuality, through the strategic use of multimedia storytelling, research and activism. The International Trans…
By Cullen Goldblatt Intersex people’s rights and well-being, and the urgent need to prohibit medically unnecessary, non-consensual, surgeries and related medical interventions, came under the spotlight at the second day of the SA-EU Dialogue in Pretoria on November 5, 2021. Intersex genital mutilation (IGM) is a major human rights violation that many Intersex people in…
By Cher Petersen Working towards policy reform to remove IGM practices would support not only Intersex children from harm but also protect Intersex adults. This was a key message during a panel discussion moderated by activist Joshua Sehoole, who joined panellists Mauro Cabral Grinspan from GATE and Dan Christian Ghattas from Oll Europe, to reflect…
By Cher Petersen South African legislation makes invisible Intersex children and their access to rights which is further delegitimised with Intersex Genital Mutilation (IGM), participants at the SA-EU Dialogue on the rights of Intersex Persons heard. Moderator Nthabiseng Mokoena and panellists Patrick Bracher from Norton Rose Fulbright Attorneys, Busisiwe Deyi from the Commission for Gender…
By Tamsin Wort Medical professionals should be trained in human rights, says United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng. Mofokeng delivered the keynote address on day two of the SA-EU Dialogue on Policy Improvements for Transgender and Intersex Persons on Friday 5 November 2021. The SA-EU Dialogue kicked off in…
By Cher Petersen Extending human rights to Transgender and Intersex persons did not take away rights from others but expands the rights of everyone, panellists SA-EU Dialogue on Policy Improvements for Transgender and Intersex Persons on November 4 shared. Opening the discussion on Legal Gender Recognition and Reform, moderator Advocate Lethlogonolo Mokoarane and panellists Mauro…
By Cullen Goldblatt Key legislation currently governing legal gender recognition in South Africa will be changed, delegates at the SA-EU Dialogue on Policy Improvement for Transgender and Intersex Persons were told. Speaking on a panel entitled “Legal and Health Status on Legal Gender Recognition for Trans and Intersex persons”, Sihle Mthiyane, Chief Director: Policy and…
By Tamsin Wort The SA-EU Dialogue on Policy Improvements for Transgender and Intersex Persons kicked off on Thursday 4 November 2021 with a call for real change to enable Transgender and Intersex persons to exercise their rights. Iranti, alongside civil society organisations Intersex SA, Gender Dynamix and the African Centre for Migration and Society, joined…
Working from the inside out For Tamsin Wort, joining the Iranti team as Intersex Programme Communications Manager was an opportunity to do more for the LGBTQI+ community – from the inside out. “There was an opportunity for me to do more than I was doing, to get inside and stop standing on the outside and…
There are loopholes around the rights relating to LGBTQIA+ persons in South Africa. While a lot has been achieved in terms of legislation for LGBTQIA+ equality in this country, it’s often in favour of the “L” and the “G” – not enough has been done for the “T” and “I”. Because of this, Intersex South…
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