Empowering transgender persons.

It is a positive step that the transgender community has been formally included in the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). As the entire country reels from an economic crisis, such marginalised communities continue to suffer immensely. They will need all the support they can get from the government and from society to make ends meet. If successfully implemented, the Rs7,000 allowance will help members of the trans community to sustain themselves.

In order for this to be a success, there are a few things that the government must consider. First and foremost, PPP officials must look into the discrepancies within BISP as claims suggest that officers are keeping the money instead of distributing it to the hapless citizens of Sindh. Moreover, workers giving away the money must be senstitised on how to communicate with transgender persons in order to avoid any unforeseen situation. Ideally, further help can be provided by guiding the trans community on how to utilize money so that they are able to save and invest in order to achieve...