Facts and Figures

VISION
Taabeer Hum

VISION Pakistan is one of the leading 22 theatre performances in universities, courts,

organizations in Pakistan working on human public places, embassy, etc.
rights. VISION was established in 1998 and it Creation of 30 provincial & national level
has focused on Gender and Sexual Minorities platform to bring together the GSM community
(GSM) Rights. Development and dissemination of IEC material
38 Networking with Progressive Students,
VISION Pakistan implemented GSM component
Teachers and Parents
of Taabeer Hum, a project funded by OXFAM
NOVIB during the period 2015 to 2016. This Student Teacher Parent Networking Summary
project was carried out in Multan and District Male Female Male Female Total
Students Students Teachers/ Teachers/
Rawalpindi Districts of Punjab and Mardan Parents Parents
District of KPK. Rawalpindi 100 51 48 16 215
Mardan 131 40 29 10 210
ACIEVEMENTS Multan 89 23 39 5 156
Total 320 114 116 31 581
Right in the very beginning mapping exercise Break Up

was carried out regarding beneficiaries and Student Teacher Networking Summary
stakeholders in the three districts
131
25 support groups of GSM community were 140

120
formed which helped TGs with their issues with 100 Male Students
100 89
police; getting rented houses; solving court
80
Female Students
cases, etc. 5148
60

40 39
6 trainings for staff of Human Rights (HR) 40 29 Male Teachers/
23
16
organizations 20 10
5
Parents

3 trainings of local organizations and networks 0 Female Teachers/

Parents
staff on human rights of GSM
108 awareness sessions with GSM youth,
parents and teachers
3 trainings on Capacity building of GSM youth 15 Dialogues and Discussion Forums
on HR abuse and violence against GSM with prominent organizations across the HR
community spectrum including quarterly reflection
2 trainings of partner staff on sex, sexuality and sessions with beneficiaries and stakeholders
choice to ensure continued knowledge sharing on SRH rights, issues and safe practices
3 trainings on Training on Advocacy skills and
Dialogue and Discussion Forum Summary
Development of National Level Advocacy District Male Female Male Female NGO NGO TGs Total
Students Students Teachers/ Teachers/ Males Females
Strategies Parents Parents
RWP 3 0 1 1 14 2 17 38
Training of TGs for theatre performance in the 3 MDN 10 2 1 1 85 36 26 161

districts MLT 5 0 3 0 22 3 10 43

Total 18 2 5 2 121 41 53 242

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VISION
Taabeer Hum

Dialogue Forum Summary 242

250
Transgender Professions
200
121 Begging
161 8%
150
5%
3% Begging,Dancer
100 18 85
41 53
2 5 1% 3% Dancer
5
0
2
22
28%
10 3 43
50 2 0 36
1 3 10
3
0
1 26 Dancer,Sex work
1 14
1 38
0 17 Multan
2 Dancer,Sex work, Begging
5%
Rawalpindi Job's
47%
Other profession

Sexworker

CHALLENGES

Mistrust of community on organizations

Community does not want to share its data with
End Project Evaluation findings: other people
Demand of honoraria by the community
CNIC Possession Socio- economic difference among GSM
population led to problems
Over 83% of transgender participants of the
research reported to possess a CNIC (albeit with Groupings among transgender populations did
their original male birth names) not allow them to work for their own benefits
Difficulties working with community when they
GSM Community CNIC District Wise are engaged in different kind of activities
Rawalpindi 512 206 Lack of awareness in the community regarding
Multan their own rights
639
26
Mardan Regular field team visits to deras become
158
12 challenge for the transgenders in regard to
0% 20% 40%
60% 80%
justifying their status in front of their neighbors
100%
Safety and security of team when police or
Not Reported Yes
neighbors came to deras to enquire from field
team
OCCUPATION of GSM COMMUNITY Fear of police raid

GSM Population Occupation Status

Working Not Working
Not reported
67.80%
31.36%
0.84%

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