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For immediate release: 20 November 2014 Social Dialogue on Transgender Learners in the South African Education System and Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) Event. On the 20th of November 2014, Transgender and Intersex Africa (TIA) and Iranti-org will be hosting a Social Dialogue on the challenges and lived realities of trans* and gender non-conforming learners…

Social Dialogue on Trans* Learners in the South African Educational System INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE (TDoR): 20 November 2014 Where:     Women’s Jail, Constitutional Hill Precinct, Braamfontein, Johannesburg  on:            Thursday 20 November 2014  from:         Social Dialogue 09h00 – 13h00 (registration 08h00-08h50) TDOR Commemoration : 14h00-17h00 Transgender…

For Immediate Release  07 November 2014 The 26th of October 2014 was International Intersex Awareness Day, a day that is commemorated annually; as a result, the months of October and November are used to create greater visibility and awareness around intersex issues, challenges and experiences. On the 8th of November 2014, Transgender and Intersex Africa…

  Intersex is still considered a taboo in most of our communities, intersex people’s lives and realities are often misunderstood and treated as a subject not to be talked about. In the age of democracy and respect for the lives of medical patients, intersex people still face mutilation of their bodies, often without their consent…

The International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization, convened by STP, International Campaign Stop Trans Pathologization, will take place on Saturday, October 18th, 2014. As in previous years, on this day and throughout October, activist groups from different world regions will organize demonstrations and other actions demanding trans depathologization. The slogan of the 2014 Call to…

Please help the Social, Health & Empowerment Feminist Collective of Transgender Women of Africa (SHE) collect data on the lived experiences and realities of transgender women in South Africa.  SHE is currently collecting data for their Transilience Project Violence begins in different and complex situations which are triggered by social and personal factors such as…

  On the 15th to the 17th August Transgender and Intersex Africa(TIA) hosted a regional advocacy and capacity building Summit in Johannesburg,activists from Zambia.Namibia,Botswana,Lesotho,Zimbabwe and South Africa partook in the event. The objectives of the summit were outlined as follows Report and review advocacy gaps within the transgender movement in policy and programming in Southern Africa.…

  After much struggle with the Department of Home Affairs, we are delighted to announce that Nadia Swanepoel’s name and gender identity have been changed in the population register. Nadia had undertaken a hunger strike to protest against the injustice she had suffered from Home Affairs as she had been struggling for over 3 years to receive…

Programs officer vacancyClosing date for applications: 15 October 2014TIA is currently seeking a Programs officer; commencement of work is November 2014About usTransgender and Intersex Africa is a human right organisation found in 2010 by transgender activist, Tebogo Nkoana. We are a registered as a non-profit organisation that lobbying and advocating for the rights of black…

Outreach officer vacancyClosing date for applications: 15 October 2014TIA is currently seeking an Outreach officer; commencement of work is November 2014About usTransgender and Intersex Africa is a human right organisation found in 2010 by transgender activist, Tebogo Nkoana. We are a registered as a non-profit organisation that lobbying and advocating for the rights of black…