Understanding the Challenges Faced by the Transgender Community in the Indian Workforce
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To create a more inclusive society, it is essential to study the prejudice that the transgender community experiences at work. Recognising the difficulties individuals face enables the discovery of structural impediments to their professional development. These studies provide insight into the disproportionately high rates of unemployment or unstructured labour experienced by the trans community. Policymakers can develop focused laws and policies to defend their rights and advance diversity in the workplace by looking into these concerns. Understanding how discrimination affects mental health and productivity also emphasises how urgent the creation of a workplace that promotes diversity and allows everyone, regardless of gender identity, to succeed professionally . This paper aims to discuss the unemployment rate and discrimination faced by the trans community in the Indian workforce and also to discuss state policies that have created a more conducive environment towards developing more inclusive workplaces.
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