Stop IGM! Intersex Protests + Info, Dublin Tue 16th – Sat 20th Sept

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Friday September 05, 2014 16:26 by StopIGM.org

"STOP Intersex Genital Mutilations – Human Rights for Hermaphrodites too!"

Children born with 'atypical genitals' are routinely submitted to mutilating 'corrective' surgeries allover the 'developed' world, and also Irish children's clinics.
On occasion of yet another multinational gathering of notorious advocates and perpetrators of Intersex Genital Mutilations, the '53rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)' held at the Convention Centre Dublin, there will be an Info Event Tue 16th 5.30 pm @ National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI), and 4 Nonviolent Protetst Thur 18th – Sat 20th @ CCD + Trinity (see below).
Help reminding the perpetrators that it is NOT OK to mutilate defenceless children!

Last year's peaceful protests vs. ESPE/LWPES 8th Joint Meeting, Milan 19.09.2013

• INFO EVENING:
Tue 16 Sept 5.30 pm @ National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI)
100 North King Street, Smithfield, Dublin 7
"Intersex Genital Mutilations – and the struggle to end them"
Daniela Truffer and Markus Bauer (StopIGM.org)
Presentation followed by Q&A / Discussion

• 4 PEACEFUL VIGILS + OPEN LETTERS: Thu 18th - Sat 20th
"STOP Intersex Genital Mutilations!"

Thursday 18.09.2014: CCD, Trinity
#1:07:00-12:30 The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1
#2: 13:00-17:00 Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2

Friday 19.09.2014: CCD
#3: 07:00-16:30 The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1

Saturday 20.09.2014: CCD
#4: 07:00-18:30 The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1

Intersex Genital Mutilations (IGMs), i.e. non-consensual, medically unnecessary, irreversible, cosmetic genital surgeries, and other invasive 'therapies' on children with variations of sex anatomy, have been perpetrated systematically since 1950 all over the 'developed' world.

IGMs include clitoris amputation/'reduction', castration, 'masculinising genitoplasty', forced vaginal dilatation, imposition of hormones, human experimentation, forced excessive genital exams, photography, and medical display.

IGMs cause lifelong serious physical and psychological suffering and trauma, including loss or impairment of sexual sensation, painful scarring, impairment or loss of reproductive capabilities, lifelong dependency of artificial hormones, significantly elevated rates of self-harming behaviour and suicidal tendencies, and lifelong mental suffering and trauma.

For 21 years now, survivors as well as human rights and ethics bodies have denounced IGMs as fundamental human rights violations, and called for legislation to end them.

IGMs at '53rd ESPE 2014' Paediatric Convention in Dublin

The '53rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE)' held at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) promotes the entire range of IGMs, and its speakers include not only some of the world's most notorious IGM paediatric endocrinologist, e.g. Peter Lee (Pennsylvania, USA), Olaf Hiort (Lübeck, Germany), and Nils Krone (Birmingham, UK), but also leading specialised IGM paediatric surgeons, e.g. Alaa El-Ghoneimi (Paris, France), and Joao Pippi Salle (Toronto, Canada).

Despite not wielding the scalpel themselves, paediatric endocrinologists have been the originators and leaders of systematic IGM 'treatments', and ESPE's 'DSD Working Group' is a leading global player in setting national and international IGM 'medical guidelines' propagating 'early corrective surgeries', e.g. 'to relieve parental distress'.

For sources and more info on the '53rd ESPE 2014' paediatric convention and earlier protets:
http://stop.genitalmutilation.org/post/Intersex-Protest...16-20