CATHOLIC HERALD
UN report calls on governments to prohibit ‘gender transition’ for children
A new report from the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls warns that countries are failing to address both persistent and newly emerging forms of sex-based violence, which includes forms that relate to gender ideology.
Presented on 25 June by Reem Alsalem, the report “Sex-based violence against women and girls: new frontiers and emerging issues” urges governments to reaffirm legal protections for women and girls based on their female biological sex, in accordance with their international human rights obligations.
The report comes amid an increasingly collective global push against harmful gender ideology, says the Christian legal advocacy group ADF International – an ideology that Pope Francis strongly spoke out against and criticised during his papacy.
REACTION TO report
“This 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,”
Giorgio Mazzoli, Director of UN Advocacy at ADF International