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Title: India must strengthen planned law to protect transgender people, says rights gro
Post by: stephaniec on January 21, 2016, 05:36:44 AM
Post by: stephaniec on January 21, 2016, 05:36:44 AM
India must strengthen planned law to protect transgender people, says rights group
http://www.reuters.com/article/india-transgender-law-idUSKCN0UY0EP
Reuters/By Nita Bhalla 01/20/2016
"NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's draft law aimed at protecting the rights of the transgender community must be strengthened to allow people to be legally recognised by self identification rather than based on the opinions of experts, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
India's upper house of parliament in April last year passed "The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill" which recognises the right of an individual to be termed as of a third gender and provides them with benefits in education and employment."
http://www.reuters.com/article/india-transgender-law-idUSKCN0UY0EP
Reuters/By Nita Bhalla 01/20/2016
"NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's draft law aimed at protecting the rights of the transgender community must be strengthened to allow people to be legally recognised by self identification rather than based on the opinions of experts, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.
India's upper house of parliament in April last year passed "The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill" which recognises the right of an individual to be termed as of a third gender and provides them with benefits in education and employment."