The Zimbabwean government last month launched a legal reform process aimed at recognizing and protecting the rights of intersex people.

State media reported President Emmerson Mnangagwa supports the initiative, which was seen as a crucial step towards identifying existing legal and policy gaps to ensure the full protection of intersex people’s human rights.

Vimbai Nyemba, permanent secretary in the Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, said the government has accepted U.N. Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review recommendations to protect intersex people from non-consensual medical procedures and other human rights violations.

Alessandrabree Chacha, a transgender woman and LGBTQ activist, said the legal reform process is a progressive step forward towards acknowledgi

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