Tag: Transgender

….. Peshawar, 31 Oct: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has taken a major step toward equality and inclusion with the formal notification of the Departmental Guidelines for the Protection and Empowerment of Transgender Persons by the Social Welfare, Special Education & Women Empowerment Department. The move reflects the provincial government’s growing commitment to ensuring dignity, […]

In 2024, CRDN continued enhancing the quality of life for women, girls, transgender individuals, and people with disabilities through technical skills training, educational opportunities, and robust advocacy for rights-based initiatives.

MULTAN: Formal launch of the first-ever public sector school for trans-persons took place here on Wednesday (July 7, 2021). The school is being established by the South Punjab Education Department at Government Girls Comprehensive Higher Secondary School, Gulgasht, under a pilot project ‘Trans-education’. Talking to Dawn, Education Secretary Dr Ehtasham Anwar said in the first […]

This write up was provided by Blue Veins The rights of transgender people have been neglected long in Pakistan. It is only now, through the efforts of Pakistani transgender community and support civil society, that the issues concerning the transgender community in Pakistan have gained attention of the policymakers and duty bearers, which has resulted […]

Press Release by Blue Veins Blue Veins launched the first ever Transgender Health Care Manual at National Transgender Health Summit. The manual aims to promote greater awareness of the health concerns of transgender populations including disparities in treatment and barriers to care, health services research including cultural competency, mental health and well-being, reproductive health, sexually […]

Nayyab Ali was announced as the recipient of the GALAS International Activist Award at a ceremony in Dublin, on Saturday, Feb 8, 2020. The award, presented by the National LGBT Federation (NXF), recognises the contribution of an international LGBT+ activist, from outside of Ireland, who works tirelessly to promote the full equality and inclusion of […]

Safeer Ullah Khan Transgender community faces multiple challenges in Pakistan. It is only recently that they have been recognized as a separate gender by the State of Pakistan, and allowed to register themselves as citizens. ‘Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018 was another significant achievement in the legal sphere. Though these are no mean […]

July 31, 2019 Transgender rights organizations Blue Veins and TransAction (Provincial Alliance of Transgender Community) appreciated Health Department of Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for fulfilling their long awaited demand of allocating separate wards for transgender community. Acting upon the orders of the Chief Minister KP, the provincial health department issued instructions to all the […]

July 2019, Islamabad: Ms Nayyab Ali has been elected new co-chairperson of the National Chapter of the Ending Violence against Women/Girls Alliance for a two-year term. She is the first tans-woman to have been elected to co-chair such a forum. She was elected unopposed to replace the outgoing co-chairperson Anbreen Ajaib on completion of her […]

Preliminary Findings of Experiential Study by Coalition for Inclusive Pakistan (CIP) ISLAMABAD, September 25, 2018: Despite progressive legislative and policy measures to facilitate participation of transgender people, women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the electoral processes, these individuals faced attitudinal and environmental barriers in the exercise of their right to vote and to observe […]