NGO Submission for OHCHR Report on Discrimination of Women and
Girls in Sport (HRC44)
Compiled by:
StopIGM.org / Zwischengeschlecht.org
NGO submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR) for a study on elimination of discrimination against women and girls in
sport, pursuant to HRC Resolution 40/5, to be submitted to the UN Human Rights
Council (HRC) for its 44th session >>>
OHCHR call for submissions
Above submission contains documented evidence of IGM
practices, including “feminising” sterilising procedures, “feminising”
genital surgery and other non-consensual, harmful and unnecessary treatments
imposed on intersex women and girl athletes by sports bodies,
sports officials and hired “medical experts” and IGM practicioners, as well as
harmful gender and racial stereotypes reinforcing IGM and
discrimination of intersex women and girl athletes.