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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Amelia Gentleman

UN envoy criticises ‘one-sided’ WHO approach to trans health guidelines

The WHO building in Geneva, Switzerland
The composition of a WHO committee to help formulate trans health guidelines has triggered concern from a number of women’s rights and LGBTQ+ organisations. Photograph: Denis Balibouse/Reuters

The UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls has accused the World Health Organization of taking a “one-sided” pro-medicalising approach to trans healthcare in its development of new guidelines.

Reem Alsalem has stepped into a developing row over the composition of a recently announced WHO committee, which will work to develop the organisation’s first global guidelines on adult transgender care.

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