Article: Educational Facilities
forShemales (Transgender)
By: Faiza Masood-2K13/MC/36
Transgender
are those people who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female. They
simply termed as “hijra” in society. In Pakistan there is a history of “hijra
culture”. They traditionally did blessings/curses/begging and hooking to
survive. Shemales life is something normally people don’t talk about, we as
Pakistani have a profound lack of empathy for individuals who suffer from a
gender identity disorder. It is need to be realize that this is not merely a
war that these individuals have to fight for themselves; they are human beings
just like others, and deserve as much of a right to education and job openings
as like other human beings.
There are an
estimated 500,000 third gender citizens in Pakistan. Many hijras live in well-defined organize all hijra communities, led by a guru. Transgender
are helpless and the only source of earning a livelihood is prostitution or
begging.The truth is that we don’t leave them with a choice, if we give them a
form of social acceptance and the entitlement to a good education and work,
they could turn out to be productive members of our society.
Educationis
not only necessary for male and female but also for transgender.In Pakistan,
there is no place for transgender in educational institutions and job sector.
Therefore more than 90% of transgender are uneducated and they are unable to
read and write.Such individuals are not even seen as waiters at restaurants or
workers in construction industries, due to their ambiguous genitalia.
Basicnecessities such as educational institutes, job opportunities are not provided
to them.
We see many
organizations working for the underprivileged. Unfortunately, we don’t see the
word underprivileged being associated with the lives of transgender. They face
work place discrimination. The biggest problem with transgender is that they
don’t get education and People don’t offer them jobs at home because they are
considered hateful so, they end up doing illegal activities to fulfill their
monetary requirements.
Why they
don’t get education like normal men and women in Pakistan? The problem is that
the society is so crippled in Pakistan. Transgender have been in existence
since centuries, not every transgender over the past 1000 years has been
subject to ridicule. But now illiteracy rates among Trans Pakistanis are
reportedly high.There are no special schools for transgender in Pakistan. But
some organizations like Human Hope for Health and Education (3HE) is working with
she-male association for fundamentals rights (SAFFAR). Their aim is to provide
basic education to she-male to make them literate. The (3HE) support SAFFAR in
providing basic education to she-males.
Sarah Gill,
who is the resident of Karachi is the first transgender who become a medical
doctor in Pakistan’s history. She is also running an NGO, Gender Interactive Alliance
(GIA).
I think
government should take therequired steps to give these citizens of Pakistan, equalrights.
Make separate schools and colleges for transgender, where they can get proper
education and learn skills that can be used as a source of income and dignity
for them. With that, there should be chapter on transgender in the syllabus of
elementary schools that teaches the children of tomorrow the value of tolerance,
give them a sense of acceptabilityand respect for transgender. They must be
enrolled in the same schools, colleges and universities where normal people study
because onlythen they are so called normal people going to accept them as a
part of society and transgender will also be able to grow in a normal
environment right from the beginning.
Practical work carried under supervision of Sir Sohail Sangi
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original Article: Educational Facilities forShemales (Transgender)
By: Faiza Masood-2K13/MC/36
It is too long (1000 plus words) make it around 550 to 600 words
Transgender
are those people who adopts a gender role that is neither male nor female. They
simply termed as hijra in society. In Pakistan there is a history of hijra culture.
They traditionally did blessings/curses/begging and hooking to survive.
Shemales life is something normally people don’t talk about, we as Pakistani
have a profound lack of empathy for individuals who suffer from a gender
identity disorder. Such individuals are often abandoned by their relatives and
families at a very early age. Just because these individuals fail to conform to
the stereotypical norms of our culture, we have reduced them down to such a
level, where only two occupations accessible to them are begging and
prostitution.It is need to be realize that this is not merely a war that these
individuals have to fight for themselves; they are human beings just like
others, and deserve as much of a right to education and job openings as like
other human beings.
There are an
estimated 500,000 third gender citizens in Pakistan .Transgender people mostly
seen in markets that they behave badly when people refuse to give them money.
Why do these people do this begging? Just because they are unemployed? Yes they
have lack of education.
In Pakistan,
many hijras live in well-defined organize all hijra communities, led by a guru.
These communities have sustained themselves over generations by adopting young
boys who are rejected by their family. Transgender are helpless and the only
source of earning a livelihood is prostitution or begging.
The truth is
that we don’t leave them with a choice, if we give them a form of social
acceptance and the entitlement to a good education and work, they could turn
out to be productive members of our society.
Education is
a solution of each and every curse ina society. Educationis not only necessary
for male and female but also for transgender.
In Pakistan,
there is no place for transgender in educational institutions and job sector.
Therefore more than 90% of transgender are uneducated and they are unable to
read and write. Most people consider transgender to be a part of lower class
society. Such individuals are not even seen as waiters at restaurants or
workers in construction industries, due to their ambiguous genitalia.
Basicnecessities such as educational institutes, job opportunities as well as
medical facilities are not provided to them .on the basis of them being
transgender or hijras.
These
individuals have voices that are not heard by anyone.However, they are equal to
every other human being they should have equal rights. They should get
admissions to schools and colleges so they can play an important part in the
progress of Pakistan.
We see many
organizations working for the underprivileged. Unfortunately, we don’t see the
word underprivileged being associated with the lives of transgender. They face
work place discrimination. The biggest problem with transgender is that they
don’t get education and People don’t offer them jobs at home because they are
considered hateful and somewhat dirty to touch and they end up doing illegal
activities to fulfill their monetary requirements.
Why they
don’t get education like normal men and women in Pakistan? The biggest problem
is that the society is so crippled in Pakistan that is very hard to survive for
anyone who is slightly different from these crippled minded people.
Transgender
have been in existence since centuries, not every transgender over the past
1000 years has been subject to ridicule. In 2012 , the Pakistani government
recognized the transgender population and a three member benched of the supreme
court , headed by former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , ruled that
the transgender community is entitled to rights in the constitution to all
citizens including the rights of inheritance . SupremeCourt ordered that free
education and free health care must be guaranteed to the community.
But now
illiteracy rates among Trans Pakistanis are reportedly high.There are no
special schools for transgender in Pakistan. But some organizations like human
hope for health and education (3HE) is working with she-male association for
fundamentals rights (SAFFAR). Their aim is to provide basic education to she-male
to make them literate. The 3HE support SAFFAR in providing basic education to she-males.
Bobby one of
the principal figures in the fight for transgender rights in Pakistan, reminded
that “education alone is not a solution, as illiterate and highly educated
people are early capable of vile behavior. The need to change mindsets, rather
than clamoring for jobs or better living standards, they are also creation of god,
the brushstroke was just slightly different.”
Sarah gill
who is the resident of Karachi is the first transgender to become a medical
doctor in Pakistan’s history. She is also running an NGO by the name of gender
interactive alliance (GIA).
I think
government should take the required steps to give these citizens of Pakistan,
regardless of their sexual orientation, equal rights. Make separate schools and
colleges for transgender people where they can get proper education and learn skills,
other than dancing, that can be used as a source of income and dignity for
them. With that, there should be chapter on transgender in the syllabus of
elementary schools that teaches the children of tomorrow the value of tolerance,
give them a sense of acceptabilityand respect for the third gender.
They must be
enrolled in the same schools, colleges and universities where we study because
only then they are so called normal people going to accept them as a part of
the society and the transgender will also be able to grow in a normal
environment right from the beginning. The teacher should describe their rights
in class.
Education
changes a lot of things. They can get jobs also in, they choose their field
like fashion designing and do their business like open a salon or boutique. In
fact we shouldn’t underestimate the transgender as they are also a creature of
god as other human beings, they also have equal right to get education. So as a
human being when we educate them we educate a Pakistani who will definitely
make proud Pakistan in future.
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