Papers by Raja Naweed Dawood
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Oct 5, 2022
In this article, the Bill passed by legislation Assembly Pakistan in 2018 to keep the rights of T... more In this article, the Bill passed by legislation Assembly Pakistan in 2018 to keep the rights of Transgender persons. It seems sound when it comes to legislation on Eunuch (Khunsa), but there are different contradictions right from the bill's first page, which is all about transgender. An attempt is made to differentiate between intersex and transgender communities. The defined terms are not solely applicable to intersex people also, it seems like LGBT the community is protected by this bill. A series of contradictions in definitions make the bill ordinary. International human rights institutions have given their observations on this topic. Furthermore, when the constitution of Pakistan does not permit such a bill through its wide range of subsections. The other factor which will cause serious implications when the bill is taken as a tool to promote homosexuality is homosexual marriages. The term used in this Act "self-perceived identity" make the bill more vulnerable. On the other hand, there are clear distinctions between transgenders and Khunsa. When the terminologies included are wrong then their sect, their sections of the bill become null and void
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Papers by Raja Naweed Dawood