Third Gender in India

  • Shivangi Choudhary, SLS, Noida
  • September 22, 2020

Content :

This research article contains details about third-gender in India and their situation. It firstly introduces third-gender and then tells about all the problems faced by them in the Indian society. It further streamlines the issues related to the marriage rights of third-gender people and their educational rights. It talks about how Hindu law and custom recognizes the third-gender marriage. Educational issues faced by the mare focused and also the reasons for the same. Conclusion of this article is that though there are many problems with third gender in India and there are many policies enacted for their upliftment, yet there is a long way to go for Trans-gender rights in the Indian society. I also suggest how there can be improvement in education for third gender and how gender mainstreaming could help.