We are thrilled to announce that, your esteemed support and participation in our program for trans research and mapping injustice targeting trans people in Africa. On the response to injustice targeting trans people we are strong empowered to continue to RISE.
Project Title: Rights Inclusive Social Economic (RISE)
The Social Economic Rights of Transgender People continue to be at risk as only few countries in Africa show tolerance to transgender people and many still left out with no access to employments.
Rise is a project aimed to restore Rights to Inclusive Social Economic for Transgender People who are most disadvantage and excluded from opportunity as a result of constraint discrimination and stigmatization in employment sector. The COVID19 pandemic has also impacted negatively upon the social economic rights of many transgender . It worries some acknowledged that many transgenders have been struggling to finding job opportunity since COVID19 and this has negatively affected their everyday social living and saving for the future has become something of the past. Our recent research finds that transgender people and their families are more likely to continue struggle economically, coupled with experiencing higher rates of poverty and food insecurity. While causes of this finding are complex and intersecting with discrimination of trans people continue to face in many aspects of daily life including at school, which may mean they are less likely to gain needed education; at work, which can result in unemployment or lower wages; and when seeking homes, which can result in instability—all contribute to this economic insecurity.
It’s against this back ground that RISE Project serve to innovate strategic solution that can improve the lives of transgender people for a sustainable health living, Sustainable social economic access and Sustainable human rights protection through implementing our Project #RISE.
Equality Rights Africa Organization 