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Department of Home Affairs
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| Information to apply for the alteration of gender description on birth register. |
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Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Bill
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| This is the oral presentation for the South African Home Affairs Portfolio Committee Hearings on 9 September 2003. Based on this presentation, the sex description act has been changed in order that people can change their gender on ID documentation, |
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Legal Resources Centre
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| The Legal Resources Centre is an independent, client-based, non-profit public interest law clinic which uses law as an instrument of justice. It works for the development of a fully democratic society based on the principle of substantive equality, by providing free legal services for the vulnerable and marginalised, including the poor, homeless, and landless people and communities of South Africa who suffer discrimination by reason of race, class, gender, disability or by reason of social, economic, and historical circumstances. |
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Bill of Rights - SA
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| Chapter 9 deals with the rights of all people. |
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Alteration of Sex Description and Sex Status Act, 2003
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The Sex Description Act, Act 49 of 2003 as assented by the President for public knowledge. (The Act is not currently implemented as such by the Department of Home Affairs of SA - 2007)
This is a link to the PDF version of this act.
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Commission of Gender Equality
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| The Commission on Gender Equality is one of the six State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy called for in the 1996 Constitution. The aim of the Commission, as set out in section 187 of the Constitution is to promote gender equality and to advise and make recommendations to Parliament |
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constitutionally speaking
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| This blog deals with political and social issues in South Africa, mostly from the perspective of Constitutional Law. It is time that human rights law take note of the oppressive nature of the sex/gender dichotomy and begin to seek ways to accommodate a wider variety of sex and gender identities in our society. |
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THE YOGYAKARTA PRINCIPLES
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| The Yogyakarta Principles are a set of principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity. The Principles affirm binding international legal standards with which all States must comply. They promise a different future where all people born free and equal in dignity and rights can fulfil that precious birthright. |
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