Intersex Community of Zimbabwe (ICoZ)

Join us for our Intersex Awareness Day discussion on, "Why Bodily Autonomy & Intergrity is important for Intersex People" Tomorrow 26/10/222 @1700hrs CAT. @UNDPZimbabwe @webelongafrica @ICoZimbabwe @naczim @zim_iaz @Moha_Zim @MoHCCZim @ChisungoTrust 👇 twitter.com/i/spaces/1PlJQ…

The African Charter on the Rights of Women in Africa, and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. #Resolution522 #ACHPR

The ACHPR resolution affirms that human rights violations against intersex persons are contrary to key human rights frameworks such as the African Charter on Human and People's Rights.

@namataik_ @KenyaAirways This is so scary and pathetic service. I'm cancelling my booking with Kenya Airways for my next month's trip to Nairobi. :(

@KenyaAirways it's 2am here in Zimbabwe and I have been at the airport since 9 am yesterday. Our flight was cancelled due to the emergency that happened yesterday at your airport in Nairobi, and we empathize. However, what is unacceptable is keeping us here for 17 hours, no lunch (except for snacks, a small pack of lays, 2 quarter sandwiches and 300ml of fanta) no dinner and no place to sleep. You indicated the two hotels you work with in Harare are full, what about alternative Accomodation. I looked at the elderly, the mothers with babies and also people with medical conditions stuck at the airport with no clear answers about anything. I looked at the people sleeping on the dirty carpet, lounge and benches. I looked at your own under staffed employees who have worked to serve over 60 angry passengers until past midnight. One particular woman was working alone to some point sitting on a metal bench for hours. I tried to call your country manager who was home, 12 missed calls and she only answer once for 1 second. Please tell her to answer calls and be on the ground when this kind of mess happens. Clearly the staff on the ground, fire fighting for your airline could not make certain decisions and the people who can decide were missing in action. This is heartless and sincerely paints an image of a brand that is not caring of it's employees and customers. We say let us as Africans support an African airline and this is the experience! We are human beings too. We deserve the dignity of a hot meal and a safe and comfortable place to sleep if we have been inconvienced. As I close my eyes to sleep on a bench at 2:28am, I am thinking the stiff neck and back I will wake up with tomorrow which will be cured by you apology, compensation and legal action. We are people, human beings. Yes unfortunate events happen like what happened at the airport in Nairobi today do happen, but we must manage these things in a manner that makes customers want to come back again. Finally we are Africans, I doubt if your airline was in a western country, you would have treated your customers the way we were treated. Or maybe you would have, I don't know.

As much as this is a welcome development with good intentions, the words used can cause harm to intersex individuals since they are both stigmatizing and pathologizing.

In this report, the Commission is encouraged to adopt a resolution on the issue. It also contains a draft resolution with recommendations to states. achpr.au.int/en/adopted-res…

1/1 Statement on African Commission’s Resolution 552 on intersex persons in Africa @CHR_HumanRights @zhrc365 @MoJLPA @naczim @galzinf @SexualTalk @AstraeaUpdates @IntersexN @ILGAWORLD @PanAfricaILGA @AfricanIntersex @ICoZimbabwe @intersexaus

@galzinf @SexualTalk @ICoZimbabwe @FondsTrust

#LGBTQIA Ugandans need your urgent help to sign this petition to the President @KagutaMuseveni action.allout.org/en/m/b9e979a2/

Help end unnecessary medical procedures on intersex. Everyone should be able to make their own choices about what happens to their body. Join the campaign to end unnecessary medical procedures performed on intersex children today: equalityaustralia.org.au/intersex-rights equalityaustralia.org.au/intersex-right…

Proud to witness the inclusion of our country's flag #Zimbabwe, as well as the representation by HRD's from the country during one of the biggest LGBTQIA+ Human Rights Conferences in #SydneyWorldPride2023, #HumanRightsConference and #PrideMarch @Ronie_d_hun

We Call upon all men to unite against online bullying and abuse of women! @WCOZIMBABWE @GenderZimbabwe @SwedeninZW @ZWACT_ZW @WomenEmpow @MwanasikanaW @HeForShe @heforshezim @unwomenzw

And increase support for the intersex community which has constantly been neglected. She reinstated the importance of visibility and inclusion of LBTI community around the globe and holding spaces in different sectors as leaving no one behind is a priority for the UN women.

What are wonderful moment for intersex people from across the globe to meet in person at the Sydney WorldPride Human Rights Conference.