| Project Detail |
Children born with ambiguous genitalia are estimated to account for 0.05 % to 1.7 % of all births, according to the United Nations. Pressured by society and parents, doctors have performed gender-assigning surgeries on them, sometimes at the cost of reverse chemical indicators in infants, unwittingly creating self-identification problems for the grown-up child. Using resources from medicine, law and psychology among others, the INIA project hopes to bridge the gap on social support and specific policymaking. For this purpose, INIA will train 10 researchers within a network of organisations from 10 countries on the issue and across disciplines, working towards ways of addressing the needs of this highly marginalised population. |
