Founded in 2017, Intersex Russia ''(
Russian
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:'' ''Интерсекс Россия)'', also known as OII Russia, based in Moscow, Russia, is an organization working to spread awareness on topics of
intersex
Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical bina ...
, providing accurate and positive representation of the intersex community and the issues intersex people are facing, fighting pathologization and medicalization and providing support for intersex people.
Irene Kuzemko, one of the very few open intersex persons in Russia is a co-founder of Intersex Russia.
Mission
The organisation mission is to provide accurate and positive representation of the intersex community in Russia, to raise awareness about the existence of intersex people and the issues that intersex people face, to make a strong stance for de-pathologization and de-medicalization of the lives of intersex people, to create a strong network of intersex support groups across the country.
Activities
As a result of Intersex Russia's work and advocacy in
Russia
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and in
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during the third cycle of
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, during the 30th Session of Universal Periodic Review of Russian Federation on May 14, 2018 Russia received its first ever specific intersex recommendation from
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. This recommendation is one of the very few specific intersex recommendations ever given during the three UPR cycles to date.
The recommendation states:
Russian Government did not accept this recommendation and because of it, on September 21, 2018, when the United Nations held a session about the outcome of Universal Periodic Review of Russian Federation, Helen Nolan from International Service for Human Rights delivered OII Russia's joint oral statement with ISHR about the recommendation.
Affiliations
Intersex Russia is affiliated to
Organisation Intersex International
The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is a global advocacy and support group for people with intersex traits. According to Milton Diamond, it is the world's largest organization of intersex persons. A decentralised network, OII was founded ...
.
See also
Organisation Intersex International
The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is a global advocacy and support group for people with intersex traits. According to Milton Diamond, it is the world's largest organization of intersex persons. A decentralised network, OII was founded ...
Intersex human rights
Intersex people are born with sex characteristics, such as chromosomes, gonads, or genitals, that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies."
Intersex peop ...
References
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Intersex rights in Russia
Intersex support groups
Intersex rights organizations