{"id":205905,"date":"2022-09-14T20:15:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=205905"},"modified":"2022-09-14T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:45:01","slug":"india-at-100-should-be-a-society-where-gender-is-not-used-as-a-tool-to-exclude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-at-100-should-be-a-society-where-gender-is-not-used-as-a-tool-to-exclude\/","title":{"rendered":"India at 100 should be a society where gender is not used as a tool to exclude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cIndia at 100 should be a society where gender is not used as a tool to exclude\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0The Indian Express<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a014th<\/sup> September 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2- mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections<\/strong><\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The article discusses the problems associated with Trans-genders and steps taken by the government to resolve them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What steps have been taken by government and court for the welfare of Trans-gender community?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Court<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NALSA vs Union of India<\/strong> judgment of 2014 gave equal rights to the transgender community.<\/p>\n

It talked about the self-determination of gender, prevention of discrimination in all spheres of life and spoke about positive action for the community.<\/p>\n

The Madras High Court<\/strong> in a series of judgments has issued orders for reforming queerphobic curricula, banning conversion therapy, issuing a glossary for trans-sensitive media reporting, among others.<\/p>\n

Government<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act was enacted and its rules were notified in 2019.\u00a0 It led to the formation of National Council for Transgender Persons <\/strong>for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the nodal ministry<\/strong> for the welfare of transgender persons. It launched social measures like a National Portal for application for Transgender ID cards, the SMILE scheme, etc.<\/p>\n

The recent one is Ayushman Bharat TG Plus card <\/strong>that provides health insurance for transgender persons including gender-affirming care.<\/p>\n

However, all these measures are not enough to improve the condition of trans-gender community and there is still a lot to be done.<\/p>\n

What problems are still faced by the trans-gender community?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Transgender Persons Act and Rules don\u2019t provide for a reservation which was directed in the NALSA judgment.<\/p>\n

Many states and UTs have not yet notified rules, or created separate washroom for trans-persons, among others.<\/p>\n

Only 2 percent of transgender persons have been issued transgender ID cards which makes them eligible for various social schemes.<\/p>\n

Transgender Welfare Boards have also not been constituted in many states and UTs.<\/p>\n

The government has also opposed same-sex marriages and abstained from voting at the UN on sexual orientation and gender identity.<\/p>\n

Laws on reproductive health have excluded trans and queers from committing surrogacy, availing artificial reproductive techniques or seeking a legal abortion.<\/p>\n

These all show that there is a lot more to be done and India should transform itself from gender biased state towards a gender inclusive state.<\/p>\n

How should India move forward in recognizing other genders?<\/strong><\/h5>\n

India should not continue excluding a section of society for the way they are born even after 75 years of our Independence.<\/p>\n

India should have a society where gender is not used as a tool to exclude, discriminate or harass.<\/p>\n

It should be a nation where transgender people are sitting in Parliament or in the assemblies and shaping their destiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cIndia at 100 should be a society where gender is not used as a tool to exclude\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Indian Express\u00a0on\u00a014th September 2022. Syllabus: GS 2- mechanisms, laws, institutions and Bodies constituted for the protection and betterment of vulnerable sections News: The article discusses the problems associated with Trans-genders… Continue reading India at 100 should be a society where gender is not used as a tool to exclude<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500],"class_list":["post-205905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704741639},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}