Transgenders Empowerment: How Businesses Can Support the Marginalized Community

Abstract
The objective of this paper is to discuss the issues faced by the transgender community in Pakistan with a unique case study providing solutions to the problem. Two percent of the world’s population is transgender, and they face immense discrimination and violence. They are excluded from mainstream social, legal, and economic life resulting in a lack of education, skills, and hence employment opportunities. This experiment at Polo Closet presents a unique perspective on training and employing transgenders while providing them with a good workplace where they can thrive. This pilot at Polo Closet can be considered a model that can be adopted by businesses worldwide interested in providing opportunities to for transgender population for them to be accepted by society.

Keywords
transgender, Non-Binary, Genderqueer, Minorities, Pakistan, employment, Empowerment, discrimination, South-Asia, healthcare, society issues, family problems, Covid problems,

Cite this paper
Abdullah Azzam, Pamila Dembla, Transgenders Empowerment: How Businesses Can Support the Marginalized Community , SCIREA Journal of Management. Volume 6, Issue 3, June 2022 | PP. 26-41. 10.54647/management63102

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