Tag Human Rights

BlogTrans rights are human rights

Amrita Sarkar

Transgender people follow the gender norms of the opposite sex assigned at their birth and they exist in all parts of the world with their native identities and other intersectionality.  […]Read More

5
January
2022

BlogInternational Human Rights Day 2021: Reducing inequalities and advancing human rights for HIV Key Population

Fazlur Rahman Gulfam

The year 2021 marks the 73rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which declared that “recognition of the inherent dignity and equal and inalienable rights of all […]Read More

10
December
2021

Advocacy, Media, Press ReleaseWe Count – Standing up for those that matter

asaxena

New Delhi- “It’s time for each of us to step up for human rights. There is no action that is too small: wherever you are, you can make a difference. […]Read More

10
December
2016

Advocacy, BlogFor the people, of the people, by the people: Toward self-managed treatment for PWUD

asaxena

Today, thousands of people who use drugs (PWUD) in India benefit from harm reduction services. There are over 150 NGO-operated Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) centres in the country. In addition, […]Read More

4
August
2015

Advocacy, BlogWe Live on a Rainbow: IDAHOT 2015

James Robertson

“None of us should face discrimination based on what we are or whom we love.” — Max Baucus, US Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, 2014 Since the Indian […]Read More

16
May
2015

Advocacy, BlogToo Miniscule for Human Rights and Basic Dignity?

Sreekumar V

“…a miniscule fraction of the country’s population constitute lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transgenders…” From the Supreme Court of India’s ruling in December 2013 upholding Section 377 of Indian Penal Code […]Read More

23
April
2015

Advocacy, BlogGone with the Wind: A Year of Rights for Transgenders

Sreekumar V

On April 15th 2014, India witnessed a historic victory for the Third Gender movement. The Supreme Court of India recognized transgenders as the “Third Gender” and protected our rights. The […]Read More

14
April
2015

Advocacy, BlogTreat Me with Respect!

Sreekumar V

An HIV-positive MSM commented during a Pehchan-supported study on discrimination and stigma in healthcare settings: “I went to a government hospital. The doctor did not treat me well when he […]Read More

9
April
2015

Advocacy, BlogThe Visibility of Who We Are

Sreekumar V

We have all read that we need to treat transgenders like everyone else…but do you? Every day transgenders and hijras are heckled, cornered, disowned by their families and thrown out […]Read More

31
March
2015

Advocacy, BlogRoobina’s Republic

amrita

In the bitter cold of January 20th, Roobina, a young woman, was forced to deliver her baby on a pavement in Bhopal because she was not able to pay the […]Read More

24
January
2015