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2015+ OII's Use of Data for Advocacy Against Forced Intervention

    Activity: End user engagement and expertiseGovernment or international organisation inquiry submission

    Description

    Organisation Intersex International (OII) has used Jones et al.'s data from the "Intersex: Stories and Statistics" study in their advocacy against forced "corrective (normalising surgical/ hormonal) interventions" for intersex youth. This policy advocacy has occurred in a continuing manner in a variety of spheres (rights of child, right to protection from torture, anti-discrimination measures, health advocacy) including in engagements with state governments (e.g. OII, 2015) and international human rights bodies (OII, 2016).

    OII (2015). Response to NSW MP Alex Greenwich's inquiry on sterilisation – Discussion Paper: Removing surgical requirement for changes to birth certificates. OII: Newtown. 23.8.15.

    OII (2016). Contribution to the List of Issues Prior to Reporting to the Committee against Torture for Australia’s Sixth Periodic Review Report to the United Nations. OII: Newtown. Accessed on 28.06.16. Accessed at: https://oii.org.au/30546/loi-cat-review/ - see the study on p.11 and p.14.
    Period20152017
    Work forOrganisation Intersex International, Worldwide