Transgender Laws in Pakistan PPSA Lecture

Transgender Laws in Pakistan PPSA Lecture

1. TRANSGNEDR LAWS

2. CONCEPTS Male and female -------------- Physiological Role Gender ------- Social role based on Gender gender Relations --- Ways in which a society defines rights and responsibilities Avoid Sexist language Gender Neutral Words Feminism --- 20s.. A social movement for equal rights Masculinity --- Set of attributes ,behavior and roles

3. Socially defined and biologically created facts Gender Analysis --- Socio – economic analysis of problems and issues for development Equity – rather than Equality ---- Equitable Outcomes Mars -- God of War Venus -- Goddess of love and beauty

4. GBV ---- occurs as a result of Normative role expectations associated with Gender 479 Cases in KP HUMAN RIGHTS Article 8 -28 Equality before law , justice .Article 25 UNDHR ,1947

5. TRANGENDER DISCRIMIBATION Social --- Emotional --- marginalization, Stigma Economical Legal Council Of Islamic Ideology 2015 Ruling . Inheritance Reassigned Surgery Imam Khumeni and Sh Tantawi , Eygypt Aslam Khaki VS Rawalpindi SCP,12 th December ,2009) Article 22(4) Positive discrimination for education and social advancement of Backward citizens

6. SCP orders. SWD to register, Voters list Inheritance Compliant to Ombudsman, NCSW, NCHR, National Commission for Children. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Yogikarta Indonesia Declaration under ICJ ,2006 ,plus 10 in 2017 HR, Gender Identity--- Non Binding not adopted by the States

7. Population 2017 Census 10148 In 2009 ,4000 Registered . Blue Veins 20000 – 50000 HIV/UNAIDS 52400

8. Rights The Transgender Persons (Protection of )Act ,2018 Section 2 (c) Complaint against Harassment (f) gender Identity A person innermost and individual sense of male, female, both, none (h) harassment defined ----to Add discrimination (n) Transgender defined Section 3 – Recognition of Identity -- allowed to change name or gender S .4 . No discrimination in health, education, workplace

9. Section 6 --- Obligations of the government – Safe Houses, Prisons , Vocational Section 7 Right to inherit ,right to education Section 11 .right to hold public office S 13,14 Right to assembly, Public Places Section 17 offences and penalties Six months and 50000 rupees fine or both For forcing to beg

10. No punishment prescribed for harassment (Section 5) and Discrimination (Section 4) Section 21 . Power to remove difficulties