Five transgender Kenyans sued the State of Kenya in October 2015 for refusing to process the change of names on their national identity cards. The state had processed their new passports but refused to do the same for their national identity cards. Some of these applications had been made in 2010.
The High Court dismissed Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA)’s case, filed in July 2014, calling it premature, as the medical board had formed a task force to advise the Ministry of Health on the development of guidelines on the management of “transsexualism”. TEA was ordered to pay the state’s legal fees.
Kenya’s High Court issued a ruling compelling the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to issue Audrey Mbugua with a new certification with her new name and without a gender mark after she filed a case in March 2013 through the Transgender and Education Advocacy (TEA). The Court observed that “Human dignity is that intangible element …
In a historic court battle initiated in 2013, Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) won a landmark case in Kenya’s High Court on 23 July 2014. After being denied the right to register as an NGO, the organisation sued the Kenyan NGO Coordination Board for discrimination and violation of their fundamental human rights. In his ruling, …
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Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) filed a judicial review application to the Kenyan High Court on 10 July 2014 seeking an order to compel the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentist Board, and the Ministry of Health to develop medical guidelines for the treatment of trans persons.
On 23 August 2013 the board of Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA), comprising 3 trans Kenyans – Audrey Mbugua, Maureen Muia, and Annet Jennifer – sued the Kenyan State and the NGO Coordination Board for refusing to register TEA as an NGO. The State and the Board opposed the case, indicating that they could not …
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) successfully filed change of name applications on behalf of 3 trans women. Their names were changed in their passports, but the Kenyan state failed to carry these changes through to their national identity cards.
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) was established by Audrey Mbugua, working to defend the human rights of trans persons in Kenya.
Transgender Education & Advocacy (TEA) was established in Kenya by Audrey Mbugua, working to defend the human rights of trans persons in Kenya. It was the first trans organisation to be established in Kenya.
