Intersex people and educating for the development of personality

Abstract

While much has been written about the right of access to education, less attention has been given to the right to education in a form ‘directed towards the full development of the human personality.’ To understand what this might mean, it is important to locate discussion within the broader frame of human rights. For too long, intersex people have been denied the right to education that provides for free and full development of personality within the education environment. The article uses a review of international human rights legislation and data from the few available studies to illustrate the issues intersex people face in schools and other education settings, and which must be addressed by future development and reform in schools and in the education system.