by Jonathan Meddings | Mar 31, 2020 | Featured, Media
AIGA is deeply concerned some doctors are still performing circumcision procedures despite the restrictions placed on elective surgeries to combat COVID-19. The restrictions imposed since midnight on 25 March only permit category 1 and in exceptional circumstances...
by info@aiga.org.au | Dec 21, 2019 | Medicare
The Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy (AIGA) provides the following submission in response to the Report from the Paediatric Surgery Advisory Group, dated May 2019. Feedback item 1.Under 6.3.2 Rationale for recommendation 4, the report states “The...
by info@aiga.org.au | Jan 19, 2019 | Featured, Medicare
Introduction The Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy (“AIGA”) is pleased to be given the opportunity to provide feedback on the recommendations in the report from the Urology Clinical Committee (“the Committee”) for consideration by the MBS Review Taskforce...
by info@aiga.org.au | May 23, 2018 | Children's Rights, Featured
The Australasian Institute for Genital Autonomy (AIGA) greatly appreciates the opportunity to make a submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission, via the Office of the National Children’s Commissioner. Our submission relates to an important area of...
by info@aiga.org.au | Mar 1, 2015 | Featured, Media
An Australian child rights body has drawn attention to media reporting of a Bendigo FGM scare campaign by anti-Mosque Councillor Elise Chapman. In a widely reported Tweet on 22 February Cr Chapman tweeted “Oh, could we have this here too? Would you like to have...
