In May 2018, Pakistan's Parliament approved the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2018. The law was enacted following nine years of concerted judiSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Transgender activists in Pakistan said they plan to appeal to the highest court in the land an Islamic court's ruling that guts a law aimed at protecting their rights. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act was passed by Parliament in 2018 to secure the fundamental rights of trans...
Another Transgender Woman Killed in Pakistan. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/08/another-transgender-woman-killed-pakistan Islam, S. (2020). The transgender community and the right to equality in Pakistan: Review of the Transgender Persons Act 2018. LUMS LJ, 7, 208. ...
"In Pakistan we are in a worse situation," said Jannat, "because the hatred toward refugees is prominent here, but then when the authorities discover that we are transgender, they act even worse with us… I can't even go to the doctor or to the shops." Rights granted, but not guara...
After 11 years in the post,Ben Summerskill has stepped down from Stonewall, the UK LGB lobbying and rights group. I say LGB rather than LGBT as over the years it has been infamous in promoting the understanding of gay or LGB rights, as opposed to the whole gamut of LGBT+, not that ma...
Follow us to not miss our latest news Facebook Twitter Instagram A bill under consideration in the New York State Senate aims to expand rights and access to gender-affirming care for incarcerated individuals. The proposed[...] Gender Self-Determination Act takes effect Germany ...
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lot of loopholes and gaps which needs to be filled. The bill has although given their community equal rights as others but that is not in reality, it's mentioned in the act but yet it's not actually stringently implemented among public and the transgender community still faces d...
Regarding the Transgender Act, Qamar Naseem emphasizes that its primary purpose is to secure the rights of transgender individuals residing in Pakistan. The Act aims to ensure non-discrimination based on gender and grant them access to all constitutional rights, including education, healthcare, and ...
Discrepancies in transgender persons (protection of rights) act, 2018: a comparative study of transgender's rights in Pakistan and India A critical examination of Pakistani and Indian legislations suggest that Pakistani legislation has serious flaws in terms of determination of sexuality. He... MA ...