Transgenders in the Mainstream: Welfare Schemes in KeralaKochi Metro Rail Project, Education Programme, Health Clinics, and Old-Age Pension
- Title
- Transgenders in the Mainstream: Welfare Schemes in KeralaKochi Metro Rail Project, Education Programme, Health Clinics, and Old-Age Pension
- Creator
- Kurian M.; Manoj G.
- Description
- Marginalization is the process which inhibits an individual or community from enjoying the rights, privileges, resources or opportunities enjoyed by other members of the society. Of all its marginalized sections, society most often tends to ignore the conditions of transgender persons. The 2011 census reported 480,000 of Indias population as transgender. Kerala pioneered a model for a trans-friendly state1 with the launch of a 10-day-long state-wide survey, which was followed by the introduction of a state policy for transgender individuals, the establishment of a justice board and Indias first transgender school, scholarships for transgender individuals and the introduction of health clinics, old-age pensions and employment for them in the Kochi Metro, as well as various literary, sports and fashion events. This study is an attempt to critically explore the welfare schemes for transgender persons in Kerala amidst recent developments. 2021 SAGE Publications.
- Source
- Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Vol-28, No. 2, pp. 167-187.
- Date
- 2021-01-01
- Publisher
- Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd
- Subject
- exclusion; socio-economic condition; Transgender persons; welfare schemes
- Coverage
- Kurian M., Lecturer in Economics, Christ Junior College (Residential), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; Manoj G., Department of Economics, Christ (Deemed to Be) University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 9715215
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Kurian M.; Manoj G., “Transgenders in the Mainstream: Welfare Schemes in KeralaKochi Metro Rail Project, Education Programme, Health Clinics, and Old-Age Pension,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 25, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/15750.