This Report is an attempt at presenting the needs and rights of the trans community…
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Our core focus in combating discrimination on the basis of disability, sex, gender identity and caste has resulted in high impact litigation and in depth, insightful social science research on intersectionality.
Our new approach is to view discrimination through the lens of Intersectionality and respond to caste–based discrimination in the context of gender, sexuality and disability.
The Intersection of Disability and Caste
This Policy paper explores the importance of the intersections of disability and caste. The authors…
Beyond the Binary: Advancing Legal Recognition for Intersex Persons in India
This Policy Brief proposes the need for legal recognition of intersex persons and intersex rights,…
Winding Path to Trans Equality (with Jayna Kothari and Tejas Pande)
Bangalore International Centre recorded a podcast with Senior Advocate and Executive Director, CLPR Jayna Kothari where she spoke to Tejus AP about trans rights, important legal judgments in India, the US, and elsewhere in recent years, and the path towards gender equity and inclusion.
Kabeer C alias Aneera v. State of Kerala & Ors.
A Public Interest Litigation was filed in the Kerala High Court by Aneera Kabeer, a transgender person involved in mobilising persons in the transgender community for the purpose of achieving equal opportunities for the community. The Petition seeks various reliefs relating to transgender people during period of COVID-19 threat. The writ petition sought for measures by the state government for “the distribution of food ration, medicines, access to medical treatment, etc. to the transgender community in Kerala.”
CMASK v. State of Karnataka & Ors.
The Writ Petition No. 7990/2020 has been brought by the Petitioner – Parishista Jaathi/Parishishtha Pangadagala…
CLPR files Applications before Karnataka High Court for protecting transgender persons during the COVID-19 lockdown
The Karnataka High Court has taken up a public interest litigation on relief measures during the COVID lockdown, ranging from access to food and essential items, access to medicines, animal welfare and parole for prisoners. In these ongoing PILs, CLPR has filed an Intervention Application on behalf of Ondede, an organisation working for the rights of transgender persons, and the Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, which works closely with SC/ST communities especially manual scavenging groups, tribal and forest-dwelling communities, slum dweller and other vulnerable groups.
Madhavan & 2 Others Vs The District Collector cum District Magistrate, Tiruvannamalai & 3 Others
The present case relates to a claim for rehabilitation and compensation on the death of a person in an act of caste-based violence.
04th
Aug 2020
Live Webinar : “Rights of Intersex Persons: The Need for Legal Recognition”
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Venue Zoom (Online)
Time 4:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
25th
Jul 2020
An open meeting to discuss comments on the Draft Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020
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Venue Online (Zoom)
Time 11:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M.
27th
Jun 2020
23rd
Jun 2020
#Born with Pride: The rights of transgender people in India
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Venue Webex (Online)
Time 17:00-18:00 Hours (UTC +5:30)
Bar and Bench
Tackling Caste Discrimination Through Law: CLPR event conducted at Karnataka HC
Bar and Bench reported the CLPR event on learning session for lawyers at the Karnataka High Court on the topic of ‘Tackling Caste Discrimination through Law”.
The interactive seminar had four sessions covering various topics such as The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955: How can it be effectively used? Manual Scavenging and the Law, and the Karnataka Devadasi (Prohibition of Dedication) Act, 1982.
Radio Active - Cr 90.4 MHz
A Conversation with Trinetra Gummaraju | Radio Active covers our SRR conference
Shruti Sharada interviews Trinetra Gummaraju, who will speak at our conference on Sexual and Reproductive Rights conference, for RadioActive Cr 90.4 Mhz. Gummaraju will speak on the LGBTI+ panel.
CNN
Teenager beheaded in southern India in caste-based violence
The beheading of a 13 year old girl in Tamil Nadu is another example of caste based violence perpetuated against women. In this article CNN quotes Jayna Kothari who argues for looking at these crimes in an intersectional way: as caste and gender based violence.
CLPR Broadcast | August 2020
The Centre for Law and Policy Research (CLPR) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated…
Legal gender recognition in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
The State legally documents the gender of an individual from birth. For trans persons, the ability to have their gender recognized in official documents is an integral part of their right to life and dignity. Recent developments in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka relating to the legal recognition of the trans community’s right to gender recognition have been hailed as progressive; but do they go far enough? On January 26 2014, the Bangladeshi cabinet formulated a policy creating a distinct third-gender category – ‘hijra’- for trans persons. While this indicates that the State views ‘hijra’ as an umbrella term for all trans people, the term is considered to exclude other communities
COVID-19, Caste and the City
On 27th May 2020, a tragic image of a child playing beside his dead mother made headlines. Unfortunately, this is only one of the many instances, which has brought to light India’s stark class inequalities during the migrant crisis.
The migrant crisis has certainly brought some attention to class inequality in India. However, we must resist the urge to view the crisis only through class. About 16% of the total intra-state migrants in India belong to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 8% to the Scheduled Tribes (STs), almost equal to their share in the total population, as per data from Census 2011. It is then plausible that a significant fraction of migrants attempting to return to their homes during the lockdown are SC/STs. These communities are vulnerable on the account of their class and caste.
CLPR | Trans Law Quarterly | Issue I
Putting this newsletter together became a practice of accounting how we gather together, of holding to our greatest capacity as we shrink in the onslaught of terrible abandonment and destruction. We hope that whenever you find the time to peruse through this, it will remind you that we are in this together.