EMPOWERMENT OF TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY: A PASSPORT TO THE FUTURE THROUGH EDUCATION By Dr. Vasumathi T. and Geethanjali, M.

Abstract

Transgender community is severely marginalised group everywhere the globe and education is that the solely powerful tool to empower transgender community.  This article examines that education as a sharp machine to empower transgender community and a passport to their future. Education helps to develop confidence in transgender community regarding their own capacities, inherent potentialities to shape their lives and therefore enhance their inner strength, political, social and economical status. This paper showed that education enables transgender community to act against oppression, exclusion, harassment, exploitation and discrimination and facilitate them to live a fruitful member of society and contributor to the country.  

Keywords: Empowerment, Transgender community, Marginalisation. 

[1] Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Calicut, Kerala.

[2] Research Scholar, Department of Education, University of Calicut, Kerala.

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