Intersex Aotearoa

The Trust works with a range of stakeholders, including nonprofits and healthcare workers to ensure Intersex people, those with variations of sex characteristics, and [./Https://www.intersexaotearoa.org/ira-tangata Ira Tangata] are centred in conversations that involve them[4].

Their work is broken into three strategic pou: Systems Change; Education; and Community Building[5][6].

[9] In October 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child issued observations on practices in New Zealand, including recommendations to ensure "that no one is subjected to unnecessary medical or surgical treatment during infancy or childhood, guaranteeing the rights of children to bodily integrity, autonomy and self-determination".

[8] The recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child have been illustrated by ITANZ and Intersex Youth Aotearoa.

In 2025 the Trust employed a specific peer support lead [21] Mitchell co-organised the third International Intersex Forum in Malta, 2013.