{"id":7319,"date":"2017-05-23T13:15:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2017-05-23T13:15:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:30:03","slug":"the-transgender-staff-of-indias-newest-metro-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/the-transgender-staff-of-indias-newest-metro-service\/","title":{"rendered":"The transgender staff of India&#8217;s newest metro service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gallery-intro\">\n<p class=\"gallery-intro__summary\">Kathmandu (Pahichan) May 23 &#8211; This is the first time India&#8217;s government has earmarked roles for transgender men and women &#8211; and 23 are set to start.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/23AF\/production\/_96153190_07b8519c-e0a5-45d2-9416-d5b4f7526b5e.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees take selfies inside one of the new coaches of the Cochin metro\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images\" data-asset-id=\"world-asia-india-39996230\">\n<ul class=\"gallery-images__list\">\n<li class=\"gallery-images__list-item\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">The southern Indian state of Kerala has hired 23 transgender women to work for the metro service in the city of Cochin, an initiative aimed at fighting discrimination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/15775\/production\/_96152978_156c0277-1a4a-47ae-b8d2-1853de0756a8.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees at the soon to be inaugurated Ambattukavu station\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">This marks the first time an Indian government agency has allotted roles for members of the transgender community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/17E85\/production\/_96152979_9b096db0-5458-4027-a545-ba6d30ea596d.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees at a metro station\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">The new recruits are currently undergoing training for their new roles and are being familiarised with the trains and stations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/22DD\/production\/_96152980_1dfda4b5-8733-478f-978c-1c97a9583e57.jpg\" alt=\"Inside metro\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">They say that they are excited about the opportunity and hope it ends discrimination against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/FD39\/production\/_96152846_tgcrewkochimetroundergoingtraining329_o.jpg\" alt=\"training room for metro employees\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">Metro officials told Indian reporters that the new employees would work as ticket agents and cleaning staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/49ED\/production\/_96152981_8cbd516f-18e9-413c-808a-6861ec3e03c6.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees inside one of the new coaches of the Cochin metro\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">They say they hope the move will pave the way for other firms to begin employing members of the transgender community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/70FD\/production\/_96152982_a8c9325d-ead4-4c88-ba64-7fca475033da.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees inside one of the new coaches of the Cochin metro\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">Kerala is the first Indian state to enact a policy aimed at ending discrimination towards transgenders, who are generally excluded from mainstream employment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gallery-images__image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image responsive-image--16by9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/cpsprodpb\/17269\/production\/_96152849_tgcrewkochimetroundergoingtraining7_o.jpg\" alt=\"Transgender employees inside one of the new coaches of the Cochin metro\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"660\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-images__body\">\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">The metro service is ready to run, but still waiting for an official inauguration date. These women say they are eagerly awaiting the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gallery-images__summary\">Copy :http:\/\/www.bbc.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu (Pahichan) May 23 &#8211; This is the first time India&#8217;s government has earmarked roles for transgender men and women &#8211; and 23 are set to start.<\/p>\n<p>The southern Indian state of Kerala has hired 23 transgender women to work for the metro service in the city of Cochin, an initiative aimed at fighting discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first time an Indian government agency has allotted roles for members of the transgender community.<\/p>\n<p>The new recruits are currently undergoing training for their new roles and are being familiarised with the trains and stations.<\/p>\n<p>They &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":7320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,490,11],"tags":[458],"class_list":["post-7319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-slider","category-world","tag-transgender"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7321,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7319\/revisions\/7321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}