Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has repeatedly
recognized Intersex Genital Mutilations as a "harmful practice", and
recently issued strong binding recommendations obliging South Africa to "guarantee bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination of all children, including intersex children", and to "adopt legal provisions to provide redress to victims of such treatment, including adequate compensation".
We talk to Zane Dangor from the Department of Social Development and Dikeledi Sebidi on these recommendations on Intersex Awareness Day.
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has repeatedly
recognized Intersex Genital Mutilations as a "harmful practice", and
recently issued strong binding recommendations obliging South Africa to "guarantee bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination of all children, including intersex children", and to "adopt legal provisions to provide redress to victims of such treatment, including adequate compensation".
We talk to Zane Dangor from the Department of Social Development and Dikeledi Sebidi on these recommendations on Intersex Awareness Day.
