Category Center for Work and Welfare

India’s Opportunity to Lead in Transgender Healthcare Amid Global Setbacks

A primary agenda of the Trump administration is the erosion of transgender rights. Soon after taking office, the US president issued an executive order declaring that the federal government would recognise only two sexes — male and female — as unchangeable, impacting federal IDs like passports. Another executive order banned federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender individuals under 19 years of age, depriving them of vital life-saving services such as puberty blockers and hormone replacement treatments.

Enhancing Women’s Property Rights Through Financial Empowerment and Legal Reforms

Economic self-sufficiency is crucial for women’s emancipation because it fundamentally enables autonomy, freedom, and the empowerment necessary to make decisions. It also allows women to live beyond the limits imposed by patriarchal norms.

Equality in the workplace, along with the recognition and enforcement of women’s property rights, are vital instruments for ensuring women’s economic and financial independence.

Talk to Us