In light of new scientific evidence

The World Health Organization has updated its “gender mainstreaming manual,” whatever tf that is.

The first edition of the manual dates from 2011, and WHO is now updating it in light of new scientific evidence and conceptual progress on gender, health and development.

Conceptual progress? More like regress.

The review and update process will build on the extensive work already featured in the manual. It will focus on:

1. Updating key concepts around gender;

3. Going beyond non-binary approaches to gender and health to recognize gender and sexual diversity, or the concepts that gender identity exists on a continuum and that sex is not limited to male or female.

4. Introducing new gender, equity and human rights frameworks and tools to further support capacity building around these concepts and the integration of their approaches in the work of WHO.

But of course sex is limited to female and male. Oh so fascinating and enigmatic Jonquettamin is still one or the other, even if intersex. It’s embarrassing to see a UN body talking teenagery nonsense.

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