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O F Y G M O EN N ITAL AUTO MAY 7th 2020 – WORLDWIDE DAY OF GENITAL AUTONOMY 8 th Anniversary of the Cologne Ruling This will be the eighth anniversary of the “Cologne Ruling”. In 2012, for the first time, a court explicitly granted boys the right to genital self-determination by evaluating a medically unnecessary removal (“”) of a boy as an offense. This decision has since become a worldwide symbol for the self-deter- mination of children regardless of gender, ancestry or religion. This year’s main focus is: The History of Education about Genital Self-determination Traditional initiatives to protect children, so that they can decide for themselves about their genitals, go back many centuries. The declaration of general human rights and finally the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child have provided a basis for developments in recent decades worldwide. WWDOGA will look back, will collect testimonials, and will actively promote child protection in the present and future! The “World Day of Genital Autonomy” calls for: • Adherence to and implementation of the UN-Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 2 (protection against discrimination); Article 3 (prece- dence of children’s well-being); and Article 24 Paragraph 3 (abolishment of traditional practices prejudicial to the health of children). • Legislatives initiatives worldwide that provide for the protection of all children, regardless of gender, from non-therapeutic genital operations. • Protection of children with atypical sex characteristics from genital surgery and intervention without absolute medical indication. • An immediate stop to group or mass circumcision of minor males (boys) for alleged HIV prevention in African countries. • Public research and education on the consequences of non-therapeutic genital surgery on children in its different forms and social contexts.

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There is no room for hatred and misanthropy! We urge all participants to clearly distance themselves from generalizations and animosity and to be absolutely clear that this is solely about the well-being, , and right to self-determination of children. Appealing for the WWDOGA are (as of april 1st, 2020): AKTION REGEN - Verein für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Austria) ··Aktion Weißes Friedensband e.V. (Germany) ··Attorneys for the rights of the child (USA) ··Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy - AIGA Inc. (Australia) ··Bay Area Intactivists (USA) ··Ben Shalem (Israel) ··beschneidungsforum.de - das Forum zum Thema Beschneidung (Germany) ··Berufsverband der Kinder- und Jugendärzte BVKJ (Germany) ··Bloodstained Men & their Friends (USA) ··Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Säkulare Grüne (Germany) ··Canadian Foreskin Awareness Project (Canada) ··Children‘s Health & Human Rights Partnership (Canada) ··Deutsches Kinderbulletin - jedem Kind eine Chance / Politische Kindermedizin (Germany) ··Doctors Opposing Circumcison (D.O.C.) - Physicians for Genital Integrity (USA) ··Droit au corps (France) ··Facharbeitskreis Beschneidungsbetroffener im MOGiS e.V. - Eine Stimme für Betroffene (Germany) ··Förderkreis AIDS- und FGM-Aufklärung e.V. Feuervogel.Org - Aufklärungsprojekte über ··Genitalverstümmelung bei Mädchen und Frauen in Westafrika (Germany) ··Foreskin Revolution (Australien) ··Forum Männer in Theorie und Praxis der Geschlechterverhältnisse (Germany) ··Future Choices (UK) ··Genital Autonomy America (USA) (formerly NOCIRC) ··Giordano-Bruno-Stiftung (Germany) ··GSSG: Gemeinnützige Stiftung Sexualität und Gesundheit (Germany) ··GynZone (Denmark) ··HennaMond e.V. - Mut, Rat und Lebenshilfe (Germany) ··Ibn Rushd – Goethe Moschee (Germany) ··IMMA e.V. (Germany) ··Intact Africa (Africa) ·· (USA) ··Intact Denmark (Denmark) ··Intact Iceland (Iceland) ··(I)NTACT - Internationale Aktion gegen die Beschneidung von Mädchen und Frauen e.V. (Germany) ··Intact Kenya (Kenya) ··Intact Nederland (Netherlands) ··Intact Switzerland (Switzerland) ·· (USA) ··intaktiv e.V. - eine Stimme für genitale Selbstbestimmung (Germany) ··JÅ-föreningen, Turku/Åbo, (Finland) ··Jews Against Circumcision (USA) ··Jungs e.V. (Germany) ··KAHAL (Israel) ··LAG DIE LINKE. queer Baden-Württemberg (Germany) ··LAG DIE LINKE.queer NRW (Germany) ··LAG Jungen*- und Männer*arbeit Bayern e.V. (Germany) ··LAG Laizismus Bayern - DIE LINKE (Germany) ··Lessan e.V. (Germany) ··Lobby für Mädchen e.V. (Germany) ··Men Do Complain (UK) ··MOGiS e.V. - Eine Stimme für Betroffene (Germany) ··NORM-UK / (UK) ··Partei der Humanisten (Germany) ··pro familia Augsburg e.V. (Germany) Publishing Details ··pro familia Bayern e.V. (Germany) ··pro familia Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. (Germany) genitale-selbstbestimmung.de ··Pro Kinderrechte CH (Schwitzerland) ··Projekt 100% MENSCH (Germany) Verantwortlich für den Inhalt: ··Protect the Child (Israel) Facharbeitskreis ··Säkulare Flüchtlingshilfe e.V. (Germany) ··Sexpo (Finland) Beschneidungsbetroffener ··TABU International e.V. - Gegen Genitalverstümmelung, für Frauen- und Kinderrechte (Germany) im MOGiS e.V. ··TERRE DES FEMMES - Menschenrechte für die Frau e.V. (Germany) ··The VMMC Experience Project (Kenya, Uganda) Mohnblumenweg 26 Väteraufbruch für Kinder - Kreisverein Köln e.V. (Germany) 27299 Langwedel ··Verband medizinischer Fachberufe e.V. (Germany) ··Your Whole Baby (USA) Germany ··Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime (Germany) ·· www.die-betroffenen.de www.genital-autonomy.de [email protected]