Transgender people are seen in this image — Collected Photo Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Bangladesh government to extend its support to hijras, kothis, or transgender people, amid the Covid-19 crisis.
They urgently need food, cleaning supplies, medicine, safe housing, and general economic support, the international rights agency said in a statement released on Friday.
Many from the communities of hijras, kothis, or transgender people, live hand to mouth, depending entirely on income from their daily work, it cited.But under the lockdown many of them will now lose their basic income from such means as collecting alms, participating in […]
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