Comments on: The Third Gender – India’s favorite Hijras http://indiblog.com/85/the-third-gender-indias-favorite-hijras/ The Pride of India Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:59:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sooraj http://indiblog.com/85/the-third-gender-indias-favorite-hijras/comment-page-1/#comment-22586 Sooraj Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:14:08 +0000 http://www.indiblog.com/85/the-third-gender-indias-favorite-hijras/#comment-22586 I'm very glad that Human Rights Defence recognized the plight of Indian hijras by at least awarding a prize for Shoma's essay. Thanks Tomas, for sharing this with us. Here's a direct link to the essay: http://www.humanrightsdefence.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=361:eunuchs-of-india-deprived-of-human-rights&catid=36:hrd-articles&Itemid=54 I’m very glad that Human Rights Defence recognized the plight of Indian hijras by at least awarding a prize for Shoma’s essay. Thanks Tomas, for sharing this with us.

Here’s a direct link to the essay: http://www.humanrightsdefence.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=361:eunuchs-of-india-deprived-of-human-rights&catid=36:hrd-articles&Itemid=54

]]> By: Tomas Eric Nordlander http://indiblog.com/85/the-third-gender-indias-favorite-hijras/comment-page-1/#comment-22584 Tomas Eric Nordlander Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:49:57 +0000 http://www.indiblog.com/85/the-third-gender-indias-favorite-hijras/#comment-22584 Human Rights Defence has now announced the results our essay competition. At third place Shoma A. Chatterji’s “Eunuchs of India - Deprived of Human Rights” is placed. Here is a snippet from its introduction... "The International Human Rights Day comes and goes every year. Human Rights activists talk of torture of under trials in police custody. They talk about human beings being subjected to medical experimentation without their conscious knowledge. They discuss socially relevant subjects like violence against women, child abuse, trafficking or exploitation of child labour in TW countries. But the lot of the community of eunuchs is largely ignored even by their own. It is also true that at every stage of their existence, their rights to live and work like normal human beings are violated with impunity." If you like to read more, you will find it on our site: www.humanrightsdefence.org Yours sincerely, Tomas Eric Nordlander HumanRightsDefence Human Rights Defence has now announced the results our essay competition. At third place Shoma A. Chatterji’s “Eunuchs of India – Deprived of Human Rights” is placed. Here is a snippet from its introduction…

“The International Human Rights Day comes and goes every year. Human Rights activists talk of torture of under trials in police custody. They talk about human beings being subjected to medical experimentation without their conscious knowledge. They discuss socially relevant subjects like violence against women, child abuse, trafficking or exploitation of child labour in TW countries. But the lot of the community of eunuchs is largely ignored even by their own. It is also true that at every stage of their existence, their rights to live and work like normal human beings are violated with impunity.”

If you like to read more, you will find it on our site: http://www.humanrightsdefence.org

Yours sincerely,

Tomas Eric Nordlander
HumanRightsDefence

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