On September 12th, the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) organised a significant webinar titled Eliminating Harmful Practices against and Promoting Human Rights Protection of Intersex People. This event was part of the ERC’s National Laws and Policies Thematic Group and was held in collaboration with LSVD, the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human…
On the 26th of June 2023, Iranti hosted the Margins to Mainstream Stakeholder Policy Dialogue in Durban. This followed the Durban Pride demonstrations and provided a space to reflect on progress and shortcomings relating to trans and intersex rights in Southern Africa. The dialogue was attended by government officials, transgender and intersex people as well…
Iranti welcomes the recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) which confirmed that Caster Semenya has not only experienced unfair discrimination but has also been failed by the Swiss legal system in her fight for elite athletes’ right to bodily autonomy and dignity. Semenya approached the ECHR to appeal a 2020 Swiss…
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is an important day in the calendar year. On the 17th of May 1990, the World Health Organisation declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder, removing it from the Classification of Diseases. This was an incredible milestone. Unfortunately, in 2023, the queer community continues to face extreme and…
National Gender Diversity Coalition Press Statement As the National Gender Diversity Coalition in South Africa, we are calling upon the South African Government to show up as a leader in the fight for human rights for ALL people; and denounce the inhumane anti-LGBTQI+ law passed by the Ugandan Parliament. Date: 28 March 2023 To: The…
PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 6TH, 2023. We want President Cyril Ramaphosa to acknowledge and address the LGBTQIA+ community in his State of the Nation Address. This year, President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on 9 February 2023. The SONA sets out Government’s key policy objectives and deliverables for the year ahead,…
PRESS STATEMENT FROM A COLLECTIVE OF TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE ORGANISATIONS, IN RESPONSE TO NTSIKI MAZWAI’S TRANSPHOBIC POSTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 18 JANUARY 2023 . On the 16th of January 2023, Ntsiki Mazwai published a problematic and hurtful tweet asserting the harmful and ungrounded view that women’s rights are threatened by trans rights. She wrote…
Over the last while, Iranti has been making bold and important moves to further intersex rights on the African continent, and across the globe. During September 2022, our Intersex Rights Officer, Crystal Hendricks, had the opportunity to meet with Permanent Missions in Geneva for Uruguay, Canada, Australia, Finland, and the Netherlands. During the meetings, she…
Since March this year, Iranti partnered with the Department of Home Affairs to do Road Trips around the country to assist transgender and intersex persons by bringing name change and gender marker change services directly to the community. Although the South African laws such as the Alternation of Sex Description and Sex Status Act (Act…
Iranti was invited to the Regional High Level Convening and presented on the lived experiences of queer persons and communities on the African continent, as well as the advocacy and litigation strategies being explored to further LGBTIQ rights and protections in the region. The convening was hosted by the Network of African National Human Rights…
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