Submission on proposed superannuation regulations
IHRA has made a submission in response to a public consultation by Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department on proposed superannuation regulations.
IHRA has made a submission in response to a public consultation by Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department on proposed superannuation regulations.
The United Nations made a historic move to protect the human rights of intersex persons, 35 civil society organisations said today, as the Human Rights Council adopted its first-ever resolution specifically addressing discrimination, violence, and harmful practices against persons with innate variations in sex characteristics.
Announcement: A multi-institutional research team has been awarded $5M in federal government funding to help create a safer and better future for people with innate variations in sex characteristics (IVSC).
Social Sciences journal has published a peer-reviewed perspective on the context and goals of the intersex movement in Australia, by Dr Morgan Carpenter.
IHRA was invited to respond to a public consultation on reform of the Anti-Discrimination Act in Queensland.
IHRA has recently made a first pre-budget submission to Treasury, proposing the funding of a health service for people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
We present our Theory of Change. The diagram is intended to set out why and how we do what we do, and with what goals and outcomes. Now finalised after a period of pubic consultation, comments and feedback remain welcome.
We have today made a submission to Treasury on use of genetic test results in insurance underwriting.
IHRA is delighted to announce the appointment of Mauro Cabral Grinspan as Principal Consultant, and coordinator for a new international project aimed at dismantling human rights violations in medical settings on people with innate variations of sex characteristics.
Whatever holidays you’re celebrating at the end of December and in early January, we hope you have a joyful break. Find out more about our opening hours in this post.
Ten years ago today, on 25 October 2013, a Senate Committee published a report on the ‘Involuntary or coerced sterilisation of intersex people in Australia’. This was the first parliamentary inquiry into intersex health anywhere in the world, and we celebrate it for this!
On Wednesday 22 March, the Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory will introduce legislation into the Legislative Assembly to protect the rights of people with innate variations of sex characteristics in medical settings.