In the capital of Pakistan Islamabad Minister of Human Rights, Dr. Shirin Mazari opened the first Transgender Protection Center in the country. Reports about it URDU.
through this center Pakistani government intends to provide transgenders legal assistance, basic medical care, psychological counseling and temporary shelter. The Minister noted that soon such centers will appear in other cities of the country.
“Community of Transgender Support must be provided with the same rights to employment and health care as other citizens of Pakistan,” said Mazari.
According to officials, the new institution will help to raise awareness of the general public and the corresponding stakeholders. On the basis of the center will be assisted by the ENUHOV community to “provide them with opportunities for development.”
In 2018, Pakistan’s authorities adopted the “Law on Transgender Persons” in order to ensure the protection and rehabilitation of the fundamental rights of transgender, guaranteed by the Constitution. In July of this year, the Department of Education The Province of Punjab has opened the first public school for transgender students in the city of Multan, offering classes from the first to 12.
In September, in Nepal, at the census of the population, the country’s citizens were first offered a third option in the “Paul” column. Representatives of the LGBT community approved this gesture and believe that he guarantees improving their lives in the country. In 2013, the authorities gave consent that the third floor would appear in official documents, at the same time began to produce new types of passports, in which, in addition to the male and female, the third option appeared – “Other” (in such passports it is indicated by O, which means ” Other “).