…vros-Orr – Director Articles about Agli Diversitywise Educational Services Agli Zavros-Orr PhD (a person with an intersex variation – 46XY Swyers), became a director in 2019. After 3 years as our chair, Agli stepped into a Vice-Chair position at our 2022 AGM. They bring to the board a strong background in education. Agli has worked as an early childhood and primary teacher and is a teacher educator. Their doctoral studies focused on the ethics of…
…ded Intersex: New Interdisciplinary Approaches (INIA) research network. Dr Agli Zavros-Orr: Agli is an academic, in the field of Education, with two decades of experience working in the Higher Education sector. They draw on queer feminist theory, post-structural, post-colonial and post-humanist perspectives – in their research on Efficacy, Agency, Identity, Intersectionality and matters relating to Diversity and Inclusion. Agli is the founder of D…
…ex human rights movement, diversity of lived experience and identities. Dr Agli Zavros-Orr is an independent academic, researcher and consultant. As a white person, a child of a migrant family, and English as one of their languages – they bring a sensitivity to issues of inclusion and diversity in education. Drawing on their background and lived experience as a person born with a variation in sex characteristics they pay attention to the intersect…
…penter@ihra.org.au. Contact Tony Briffa at tony.briffa@briffa.org. Contact Agli Zavros-Orr at agli@diversitywise.com.au. Recent examples of harmful practices Unnecessary medical treatment affecting children with ‘XY DSDs’ seen over a 10-year period at a Brisbane paediatric and adolescent gynaecology centre (Adikari et al. 2019). These are the youth affected by these regulations: Partial androgen insensitivity: Gonadectomy and feminizing genitoplas…
…. This module has been misinterpreted. It was an interview delivered by Dr Agli Zavros-Orr, the chair of IHRA and a Cypriot-Australian talking about her personal experience of an intersex variation and with a PhD in early education. The module aims to promote awareness of the impacts of cultural and medical experiences and an understanding of diversity in how people with intersex variations come to understand themselves. The existence of these con…
…rld Health Organization. https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/sexual_health/defining_sexual_health.pdf. More information Browse our library of articles on education and schools. This paper was written by Morgan Carpenter and Dr. Agli Zavros-Orr. Give feedback on this page Was this page helpful? Click on a star to give a rating Submit rating We are sorry that this page was not useful for you Help us improve the information on this pa…
…In the photo, from left to right you can see Cody Smith, Dr Aileen Kennedy, Morgan Carpenter, Dr Alice de Jonge, Paul Byrne-Moroney, Dr Anita Jacombs, Clare MacDonald, Olympia Balopitos, Dr Agli Zavros-Orr, Councillor Tony Briffa. Thank you to Dr Hannah Holland for taking the photo. Sadly, Candice Cody was unable to join us. Our board Our staff…
…Morgan and Tony, in Hobsons Bay We are delighted to formally welcome Dr Agli Zavros-Orr to our board, including in the role of co-chair, and to welcome Florin Douglas as a new staff member, and part-time administrator. Agli brings a wealth of experience in teaching and early childhood development, while Florin brings valuable experience in administration and event management. Welcome! Florin’s role is very kindly funded for one year by the Vict…
…her areas of human rights to join us to support and amplify our work. Agli Zavros-Orr, chair of IHRA and education consultant, comments: I would like to thank everyone who has been part of making IHRA (formerly Oii Australia) a significant contributor on the national and international stage in advancing the human rights of people with an intersex variation. This work has supported my own growth and development and has been a beacon of hope in a la…
…s and most posts are anticipated to be in English. List owners are Dr Agli Zavros-Orr (education and pedagogy, Federation University, and DiversityWise), Aileen Kennedy (law, University of New England), and Morgan Carpenter (bioethics PhD candidate, University of Sydney). All three are directors of IHRA. The email list uses Google Groups. Join with any email address Your Name (required) Your Email (required) Institution Field of work Your Message…
…Intersex Awareness Day, staff, directors and community members are participating in a number of closed and open events. https://twitter.com/nswaci/status/1320578457064009730?s=20 Open events include a webinar for the University of Sydney Pride Network featuring Morgan Carpenter, Dr Agli Zavros-Orr and Gabriel Filpi: Watch the video Brisbane’s Story and Victoria Bridges will be lit in purple and yellow this evening, from 6pm local time. Support o…
…intersex human rights work both in Australia and internationally. Dr Agli Zavros-Orr, chair of the board, says: Tony, I wish you well in your new job in aviation and I feel that you are modelling what is possible. Your story is aspirational and demonstrates that we can all dream big in attaining both personal and professional goals. This is particularly important for our community and for our young people who may be facing tension, pressures, tra…
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