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| Region | Malawi |
| Issue | Right to change legal gender |
| Status | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | 2010 |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | National Registration Act 13 of 2010 : Section 20(1) provides that where a change in particulars of a registered person materially affect his registration, the district registrar shall record the change and notify the Director of the circumstances and recommend that the person be issued with a new identity card. Section 21(1) provides that every registered person may, when he is satisfied that his appearance has changed so as to make it likely that his identity may be questioned, apply to the district registrar for the issue of a new card with a more recent photograph. |
| Sources | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf |
| Federal Law | Yes |
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Revision History (14)
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| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Start Date | (unknown) | 2010 |
| Description | Rules criminalized forms of gender expression. | National Registration Act 13 of 2010 : Section 20(1) provides that where a change in particulars of a registered person materially affect his registration, the district registrar shall record the change and notify the Director of the circumstances and recommend that the person be issued with a new identity card. Section 21(1) provides that every registered person may, when he is satisfied that his appearance has changed so as to make it likely that his identity may be questioned, apply to the district registrar for the issue of a new card with a more recent photograph. |
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| Federal Law | No | Yes |
| Sources | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ | https://ilga.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ILGA_World_Trans_Legal_Mapping_Report_2019_EN.pdf |
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edited by Muhammadaji2022
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1 | Old Value | New Value | |
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| Value | (REMOVED) | Illegal |
| Special Status | Ambiguous | Illegal |
| Description | No laws in place. | Rules criminalized forms of gender expression. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, no restrictions | Illegal |
| Description | No | No laws in place. |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Legal, no restrictions |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Not possible to change gender on documents. requires surgery and sterilization. | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | Not possible. | Not possible to change gender on documents. requires surgery and sterilization. |
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| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Legal, but requires surgery | Illegal |
| Description | Requires surgery and sterilization. | Not possible. |
| Sources | No | https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/01/gender-identity-map-where-you-can-change-your-gender-on-legal-documents/ |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Requires sterilization | No |
| Sources | transrespect.org | No |
| Old Value | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Illegal | Legal, but requires surgery |
| Description | still have to decriminalize same sex activity. | Requires sterilization |
| Sources | No | transrespect.org |
| Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | still have too decriminalize same sex activity. | still have to decriminalize same sex activity. |