{"id":74826,"date":"2025-06-25T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T16:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/?p=74826"},"modified":"2025-06-26T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T09:59:42","slug":"un-expert-calls-to-prohibit-gender-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/news\/un-expert-calls-to-prohibit-gender-transition","title":{"rendered":"UN Expert Report Calls on Governments to Prohibit \u201cGender Transition\u201d for Children\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74826\" class=\"elementor elementor-74826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38fd90bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"38fd90bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-143dd280\" data-id=\"143dd280\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48303c1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48303c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls calls on states to ensure the terms \u201cwomen\u201d and \u201cgirls\u201d refer exclusively to biological females, and to enshrine this definition in law.<\/li><li>Report further calls for a prohibition on the social, legal, and medical &#8220;transition&#8221; of children who claim to experience gender dysphoria, among other safeguards<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76f99633 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76f99633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/UN-commentary.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-24419\" alt=\"UN undermines parents&#039; rights by pushing gender ideology.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/UN-commentary.png 1000w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/UN-commentary-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/UN-commentary-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae817a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ae817a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>GENEVA (25 June 2025) &#8211; A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/documents\/thematic-reports\/ahrc5947-sex-based-violence-against-women-and-girls-new-frontiers-and\">new report<\/a> presented today by Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, warns that states are failing to address both persistent and newly emerging forms of sex-based violence, including in relation to gender ideology.<\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The report, entitled \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues,<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d urges governments to reaffirm legal protections for women and girls based on their female biological sex, in accordance with their international human rights obligations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In response to an<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cinternational push to delink the definition of men and women from their biological sex,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the report outlines concerns around the removal of sex-specific language and its negative impact on the legal recognition and protection of women\u2019s rights. Bringing together submissions from 180 stakeholders, including ADF International, the report holds that these developments result in violations of women and girls\u2019 human rights.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The report calls for states to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> \u201censure that the terms \u2018women\u2019 and \u2018girls\u2019 are only used to describe biological females and that such a meaning is recognized in law.\u201d Further, it urges the prohibition of the prohibition of legal and social transitioning of children who claim to experience gender dysphoria, \u201cas well as their subjugation to experimental, irreversible medical interventions related to gender reassignment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57a149 elementor-blockquote--skin-border elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"57a149\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #AF272F\">\u201cThis report delivers a timely and urgent message as international awareness solidifies around the dangerous human rights implications of gender ideology, especially its impact on the well-being and healthy development of children. <\/span>The report underscores how the erosion of legal clarity around sex, an objective and immutable biological reality, has had devastating implications for the dignity, safety and rights of women and girls.\"\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">- Giorgio Mazzoli, Director of UN Advocacy at ADF International<\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4154f5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4154f5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">\u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">This report delivers a timely and urgent message as international <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">awareness <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">solidifies around the danger<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">ou<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\"> human rights <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">implications<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\"> of gender ideology, especially <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">its impact on the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">well-being and healthy development of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">children,<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">\u201d responded Giorgio Mazzoli<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW2745634 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/adfinternational.org\/our-team\/giorgio-mazzoli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">, Director of UN Advocacy<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\"> at ADF International. \u201c<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">eport <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">underscores <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">how the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">erosion of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">legal clarity around sex<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">n objective <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">and immutable <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">biological reality<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">, has had devastating implications for the<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">dignity, safety and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">rights of women and girls. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">As the Special Rapporteur <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">told governments<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">at <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">UN <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">Human Rights Council today<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">\u2018<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">you cannot protect what you cannot define<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\"> We urge all States to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">act without delay to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">implement the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW2745634 BCX0\">r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW2745634 BCX0\">eport\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW2745634 BCX0\"> recommendations<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW2745634 BCX0\">\u201d.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW2745634 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7864d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d7864d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Risks of puberty blockers to children highlighted by UN Expert <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f7be565 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f7be565\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b8f21ac\" data-id=\"2b8f21ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ad4d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52ad4d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The report states: \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The long-lasting and harmful consequences of social and medical transitioning of children, including girls, are being increasingly documented. They include: persistence or intensification of psychological distress; persistence of body dissatisfaction; infertility, early onset of the menopause and an increase in the risk of osteoporosis; sexual dysfunction; and loss of the ability to breastfeed in cases of breast mastectomy (to mention a few).<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It further notes: \u201c<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That has rightly led several countries, such as Brazil, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to change course and restrict children\u2019s access to puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and surgery on sexual and reproductive organs. Allowing children access to such procedures not only violates their right to safety, security and freedom from violence, but also disregards their human right to the highest standards of health and goes against their best interests.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Special Rapporteur also explicitly calls for the protection of single-sex spaces for the protection of women, including in prisons and healthcare settings.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Submitted under Human Rights Council resolution 50\/7, the report draws from state submissions, recent case law, and existing human rights frameworks, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d966eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d966eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A global push against harmful gender ideology <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-731db49b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"731db49b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">This publication follows a recent decision by the US Supreme Court in United States of America v. Skrmetti to uphold a Tennessee law protecting children from gender-ideology experiments, demonstrating a global shift toward dismantling gender ideology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>In the United Kingdom, the closure of London\u2019s Tavistock Clinic and the publication of the Cass Review signaled a clear rejection of gender ideology experimentation on young people.\u202f<\/p><p>As highlighted in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-477\/328159\/20241015090810007_2024-10-14%20International%20Groups%20Skrmetti%20Amicus%20FINAL.pdf\">amicus brief <\/a>to the U.S. Supreme Court from 17 international parental rights organisations, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Hungary, and Slovakia are among the list of European countries that have taken legislative, judicial, or administrative steps to protect minors from gender ideology.<\/p><p>In Latin America, Chile moved to ban gender \u201ctransition\u201d for children in May, following bans in Argentina and Brazil.<\/p><p>\u201cGovernments have an obligation under international law to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against women and girls. This requires urgent and concerted action to reverse the harms caused by the ongoing erasure of their sex-based rights under the pervasive influence of gender ideology. 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