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Title: Contest: Pitch an idea about intersex to the UN Secretary-General, change the wo
Post by: SandraJane on August 24, 2011, 10:03:07 PM
Intersex In Austrailia

Contest: Pitch an idea about intersex to the UN Secretary-General, change the world

by admin on Wednesday, 24 August, 2011

http://oiiaustralia.com/14274/contest-pitch-idea-intersex-secretary/ (http://oiiaustralia.com/14274/contest-pitch-idea-intersex-secretary/)

IT'S no secret – the United Nations as a whole has not embraced the intersex citizens of the world to its bosom and rarely includes us in its work. That's despite the fact that we are 4% of the human population and have no equality, no human rights, no patient-centred healthcare and no legal protections against discrimination anywhere on the planet, South Africa and Colombia excepted to some degree.