Providing vocational training along wit creating facilities of income generation activities (IGAs) for transgender population has become imperative for their development and mainstreaming in the society.
Officials and social workers made these observations at a function organised recently by voluntary organisation ‘Swapna Puron’ at Police Community Hall in Rangpur for distribution of sewing machines among 20 members of transgender population.
Superintendent of Police Mizanur Rahman attended the function and distributed sewing machines as the chief guest with Chief Patron of ‘Swapna Puron’ and Publisher of the uttarbagla.com Murad Mahmud in the chair. Additional Superintendents of Police Abu Maruf Hossain and Saifur Rahman Saif (A Circle), Deputy Director of the Department of Social Services Abdul Matin and Rangpur Chamber President Mostafa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu addressed as special guests.
Taking part in the discussion, a number of transgender community members narrated their sorrows, sufferings and untold miseries and sought more humanly attitude and necessary cooperation from all authorities concerned for their welfare.
Failing to control emotion and tears, they narrated their unbearable life of disgrace after being driven away from families since childhood for transgender identity to pass floating life bearing unending social hatred and shame.
The speakers said transgender people are leading uncertain floating and cursed life amid untold social neglect and deprivation though they have full rights to dream for brighter future as human being in the society. They lauded the government for rehabilitating and providing training and assistance to transgender people for IGAs to establish their human rights and social dignity by making them economically self- reliant. The chief guest stressed on a changed social mindset toward transgender people and urged all to come forward in mainstreaming them through creating opportunities for job and IGAs and showing cooperative and friendly attitude. “Sustainable development cannot be achieved without proper rehabilitation, job opportunities and equal rights of transgender people, who are integral parts of the society,” he said.
