October 2019 — Founding of Intersexions.org, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland Founded in October 2019 by Lungile Peaceworth Maquba, Intersexions.org is an intersex rights organisation based in Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland (eSwatini). The focus of their work is advocacy,…
September 2018 — Founding of Intersex Community Trust, Zimbabwe Intersex Community Trust was founded in September 2018 by Betha Tsitsi Ndabambi, an intersex woman who identified the issues faced by intersex Zimbabweans in her works as a journalist and community…
2 May 2018 — Founding of Intersex Society of Zambia (ISSZ), Zambia Founded by Mphatso Sakala, Intersex Society Zambia (ISSZ) is an intersex-led not-for-profit non-governmental organisation founded on 2nd May 2018. It ISSZ started its operations on 1st April 2019…
2018 — Founding of Intersex Community of Zimbabwe (ICoZ), Zimbabwe In 2018, the Intersex Community of Zimbabwe (ICoZ) was founded by Ronnie Zuze. The organisation was registered in 2021. ICoZ is a developmental intersex-led organisation based in the community that…
11 December 2017 — ‘National Engagement on the Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Intersex Persons’ Meeting, and the Publication of ‘National Intersex Meeting Report’, South Africa Following the National Engagement on the Promotion and Protection of the…
2017 - اقتراح القانون النموذجي لحاملي صفات الجنسين في جنوب أفريقيا القانون النموذجي لحاملي صفات الجنسين الذي اقتُرح في عام 2017 هو مشروع قانون وضعه مركز حقوق الإنسان في جامعة بريتوريا بهدف حماية
26 July 2017 — Key Watch Ghana Founded, Ghana On 26 July 2017, Key Watch Ghana was founded by Lawrence Shone Edem Adjei. Key Watch is registered as an NGO, but not as a trans/intersex/LGBTQIA+ organisation due to legal issues…
June 2017 — The Birth of the African Intersex Movement (AIM), Kenya In June 2017, a historic moment unfolded as 22 African intersex human rights defenders from 7 countries across the African continent convened in Kenya under the theme “Visibility……
23 April 2017 — Fourth International Intersex Forum The Fourth International Intersex Forum was held between the 20th and 23rd of April 2017 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. It was the largest intersex human rights meeting up to that date,…
2017 — Trans Support Organization (TSO) Founded, Kenya Trans Support Organization (TSO) was formed as a community-based organisation (CBO) in 2017 by a group of three transgender, intersex, and gender-non-conforming (ITGNC) individuals from Western Kenya who met during the Human…
سبتمبر 2016 - برلماني يدفع باتجاه الجنس الثالث، كينيا في سبتمبر 2016، أراد إسحاق مواورا، وهو برلماني كيني، أن يقر البرلمان الكيني خيار الجنس الثالث في القانون الكيني من أجل الاعتراف القانوني بالأشخاص مزدوجي الجنس. وكان مواورا...
2016 — Founding of Intersex Advocate Trust Zimbabwe (IAZ), Zimbabwe Intersex Advocate Trust Zimbabwe (IAZ) was founded in 2016 and registered in 2020. IAZ envisions an inclusive society where there is non-discrimination and there is equal treatment of everybody and…
In April 2024, our staff contributor Delphine Barigye had an informal chat with Sammie, reflecting on the founding of the Ivy Foundation in Malawi, the events that led to the formation of the Foundation, and Sammie's experiences growing up as an Intersex person in Malawi in the ...
September 2015 – Historic African Intersex Representation at the 30th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva In a groundbreaking moment for African intersex advocacy, Africa was represented in one of the earliest side events dedicated to intersex rights…
August 2015 — Article: ‘Uganda Report of Violations to Children and People Born Intersex or with Differences of Sex Development’ Report Launched, East Africa In August 2015, a report on violations to children and people born intersex or with differences…
2015 — Fondation de Synergy Intersex Voice (SIV), Bénin / Founding of Synergy Intersex Voice (SIV), Benin Fondée au Bénin en 2015 par Jude Akintola et trois autres militants (dont les noms sont tenus secrets pour des raisons de sécurité),…
Nikilas (Nikki) Mawanda, an intersex activist from Uganda and founder of an NGO in the country*, was granted LGBTIQ+ asylum status in the U.S. on 20 March 2014. Asylum was granted months after fleeing his home in Uganda due to…
Prominent anti-Apartheid and intersex activist, Sally Gross, who founded the first intersex rights organisation in Africa (Intersex Society of South Africa), passed away on 14 February 2014. In 2000, Sally secured the first known mention of intersex in national law, with the inclusion of “intersex”…
The Third International Intersex Forum took place on 29 November 2013 in Valletta, Malta and concluded on 1 December 2013. With the initial 3 principles decided on at the first Forum, and then extended during the second Forum, the ongoing…
دعوى العمل الاستراتيجي (SAL) هي عملية في قانون المصلحة العامة حيث يقوم أعضاء مجموعة مهمشة برفع قضية اختبارية إلى المحكمة بشكل متعمد واستباقي بغرض إنشاء سابقة قانونية إيجابية ذات آثار قانونية تترتب عليها...