Intersex Advocate Trust

Intersex Advocate Trust Zimbabwe (IAZ) is an intersex-led organization established in 2016 and legally registered with the government of Zimbabwe in 2020 as Trust. The organisation is governed by a hybrid Board of Trustees composed of six members (professionals, intersex community and allies) who are responsible for providing policy and strategic direction. The organisation’s core business are: to champion the rights of intersex persons, raise awareness and recognition on intersex issues and rights, lobby and advocate for inclusion as well as an end to genital mutilation. IAZ also offers psychosocial support and care to children and adults born intersex and those living with HIV.

IAZ has also vested interests in focusing on intersex children abandoned by parents in different health facilities in the Matabeland province including Bulawayo metropolitan province. Over the years, IAZ’s programming has evolved to include designing interventions to reach out to parents and other caregivers of intersex and persons as well as the society at large.