On 22 February 2017, co-executive director Morgan Carpenter spoke at an Australian Human Rights Commission RightsTalk, on "Creating Equality – The Role of Law in Protecting SOGII Rights".
On 26 October, Intersex Awareness Day, co-chair Morgan Carpenter gave a talk at UTS entitled "Intersex, thinking outside the box: intersex, identity, harmful practices and 20 years of activism."
Morgan Carpenter was invited to speak on a panel on the international intersex human rights movement, presented at the conference Creating Change in Chicago, USA. Watch the session here.
On Friday, a side event was held at the UN Human Rights Council with intersex human rights defenders from five continents. Morgan Carpenter (OII Australia) moderated a panel featuring Julius Kaggwa (SIPD, Uganda), Hiker Chiu (Oii-Chinese, Taiwan), Kimberly Zieselman (AIC, US) and Dan Ghattas (OII Europe, Germany). The event was very kindly supported by ILGA and COC Netherlands.
Tony Briffa spoke at Monash University's Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, on the human rights of intersex people, on 7 October from 6pm to 7.30pm. The Castan Centre is part of the university's Faculty of Law.
We're delighted that Morgan Carpenter spoke on intersex health and human rights at the LGBTI Human Rights in the Commonwealth event in Glasgow, Scotland on 18 July, at the kind invitation of the Equality Network and Kaleidoscope Trust.
Morgan Carpenter spoke at The Mental Health Services Conference in Perth this August, as part of an intersectional symposium entitled Diversity & power in mental health services, Addressing structural violence.
Morgan Carpenter was a plenary speaker at Courageous Voices, the LGBTI Mental Health Conference 2014. The event was held on 26-27 June at the Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Hotel, 36 College Street in Sydney.
Tony Briffa was a keynote speaker on "Being an intersex, queer and ethnic community leader in a diverse, multicultural city" at the Cultural Diversity in Ageing 2014 Conference: Shaping Inclusive Services on 13 June 2014.
13 Jun 2014
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