Conferences + Events

Opening remarks by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons

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Opening remarks by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons

Intersex colleagues gathered in Geneva today to meet and discuss intersex human rights issues.  They were welcomed by  Zeid Ra-ad Al Hussein – the UN High Commission for Human Rights.  During his statement he acknowledged the historic nature of this meeting, and the continuing lack of knowledge about intersex human rights issues. OII-UK warmly welcomes…
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Wellcome Reading Rooms

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The Wellcome Reading Rooms host open forum events. These events are informal gatherings, free to those who wish to attend. Leslie Jaye from OII-UK and Dawn Vago from IntersexUK were delighted to be invited by Jay Stewart of Gendered Intelligence, to speak about intersex issues at an event on Thursday evening. Both Leslie and Dawn…
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The Third International Intersex Forum – Malta 2013

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This is probably a timely moment to remind ourselves of the aims and goals of intersex activism and advocacy. Malta has now adopted onto it’s statutes the most comprehensive protections for intersex people that can be found anywhere in the world. You can read about that elsewhere on this page. In part that is a…
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Green Party Spring Conference, Liverpool 2015

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A little piece of history was made on Sunday when Leslie J was invited to speak to a UK party political conference, about intersex human rights issues. As the speaker, I would like to thank everyone for the very warm reception given to me in Liverpool, and the many expressions of interest in asking how…
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RSM & CAH Support Group meeting, May 2014

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RSM & CAH Support Group meeting, May 2014

“The Royal Society of Medicine and the CAH Support Group jointly organised a meeting which took place on  Monday 12th May 2014, in London. This is an educational day, bringing together everyone who has an interest in CAH, including medical professionals and researchers, advocates, as well as those who live with the condition and their families.” Leslie…
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How to define a term without defining the person

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Paper by Michelle O’Brien Presented at the 1st European OII Intersex Event, Paris, 18/08/2006 I would like to express my thanks to the organisers of this conference, and OII France and Belgium, for asking me to speak today. I had only intended to come to show solidarity with my fellows here in Paris today, so…
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