A building will be constructed in Jamalpur to rehabilitate transgender people, at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said participants at a views exchange meeting, reports BSS.
The plans for implementation of a pilot project to construct a four-storey building at Binanderpar village in Kendua Union to rehabilitate transgender people were discussed at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner on Thursday.
The government is implementing various programmes aiming to bring transgender people under mainstream development by engaging them in income-generating activities for their socio-economic development, the participants said.
National Project Director of the Cluster Village-phase-2 Project Dr AKM Oli Ulla was present in the meeting as the chief guest with Deputy Commissioner Mursheda Zaman in the chair.
The participants said transgender people will enjoy various facilities including working opportunity, housing facility, reuniting with their families and government allowances.
Chief Executive Officer of Jamalpur Zila Parishad Khandakar Abdullah Al Mahmud, Mayor of Jamalpur Municipality Md Sanowar Hossain Sanu, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rev) Rafiqul Islam, Chairman of Kendua Union Parishad Md Saiful Azam Khan, NGO representative Zahangir Selim, journalist Mostafa Babul and Hijra representative Arifa Yesmin Moyouri, among others, spoke.
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