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What I was saying was that there is no right — and I repeated that again and again — to self-ID and that self-ID also, when it is so unregulated, lea… - Reem Alsalem
" "What I was saying was that there is no right — and I repeated that again and again — to self-ID and that self-ID also, when it is so unregulated, leads to negative consequences for specific groups of women based on their sex.
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About Reem Alsalem
Reem Alsalem (born 1976) is a Jordanian independent consultant and former civil servant. Since August 2021, she has served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls.
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[The proposals] do not sufficiently take into consideration the specific needs of women and girls in all their diversity, particularly those at risk of male violence and those who have experienced male violence, as it does not provide for any safeguarding measures to ensure that the procedure is not, as far as can be reasonably assured, abused by sexual predators and other perpetrators of violence.
[It] would potentially open the door for violent males who identify as men to abuse the process of acquiring a gender certificate and the rights that are associated with it. [...]
This presents potential risks to the safety of women in all their diversity (including women born female, transwomen, and gender non-conforming women).
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