Speakers at a seminar here highlighted the importance of ensuring rights to transgender, who they argue have potential to play positive and constructive role in building any society.
The seminar titled “Transgender Can Play Key Role in Society, If Given Rights” was organized by Rawalpindi Women University (RWU) with an aim to promote role of transgender and create awareness among students about their rights.
Speaking on the occasion, Transgender Expert in Ministry of Human Rights, Reem Sharif, who is actively working for rights of her community informed the participants about the challenges faced by this particular community and their engagements in different segments of society.
Sharife informed the students about her hardships faced during student life and on part of her own family, however with determination and dedication she overcome these problems and has now been actively working for the rights of her gender.
Sharife informed the participants that after a long struggle when she joined police department, her family and friends started to accept her, hence encouraged other community members to follow the suit to live respectable life.
