TRANS-forming Courts
Jayna Kothari |
TEDxCMRIT
• April 2018
Jayna Kothari is an advocate practising in the Karnataka High Court and the Supreme Court of India. She is also the Executive Director of the Centre for Law & Policy Research which works extensively on the protection of constitutional rights of transgender persons. Jayna has been awarded the Wrangler D.C. Pavate Fellowship in Cambridge University. Her research and practice interests include constitutional law, including the right to education, health and housing, gender, disability rights, environmental law.
“TRANSformation of courts” throws light on the drastic conditions of the transgender community. She feels that it is important that stories of the daily lives and experiences of trans people must be told in the court.In a world full of muffled silences, she made sure their voices were heard. By fighting these cases, she hopes that the courts, the State, public authorities, and society see trans persons not as criminals, but as citizens, with equal constitutional rights. Watch this video to understand the burning need to make our society inclusive of all the marginalised communities.
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