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Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Duties of family, educational institutions and employers

Team SoOLEGAL
Online (11 Jul 2020@ 05:00 pm - 11 Jul 2020@ 06:30 pm)

Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019: Duties of family, educational institutions and employers

What will be covered?

  1. Introduction to the term ‘transgender’ under law and what it entails
  2. Background to the term and importance of 27th -28th June
  3. Brief history in the Indian context including important judgments and steps by international organizations
  4. Challenges faced currently by the community
  5. Solutions offered by the law and rights of transgender persons
  6. Duties of the family, educational institutions and employers as per law
  7. Consequences of not complying with Law
  8. Analysis of some important judgments from India and abroad to shed light on duties

Who should attend:  Lawyers (in-house or practicing), Managers, Teachers, Independent Professionals and Allies.

Date: Saturday 11th July 2020 5:00 PM To 6.30 PM


*CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION (Soft Coy) will be given to all Registered Attendees. 

PRESENTER PROFILE :

Shivangi Prasad holds a B.L.S.LL.B. Degree from Government Law College, Mumbai. She is an advocate, specializing in laws related to sexual harassment, gender and child rights. She is the co-Founder of POSH at Work (www.poshatwork.com - a legal cum psychology firm) which is also empaneled by Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India since February, 2017. As part of POSH at Work, she is assisting 300+ organizations with compliance of law against sexual harassment at workplace and acting as an external member of internal committee of 20+ organizations. She has handled 200+ complaints of sexual harassment, conducted 250+ training / awareness sessions involving 1,00,000+ individuals. She has spoken at various events including, Women Economic Forum (Kerala), CII (IWN) etc. She was also a part of a discussion with United Nations Women on Sexual Harassment at Workplace.

She has also co-authored a book titled ‘Handbook on the Law of Sexual Harassment,’ both editions published by Thomson Reuters and written various articles / notes / opinions on the subject on www.poshatwork.com. Some have also been published by Huffington Post, Gender Matters, Business Standard etc. Here are some of her articles on the law related to transgender persons:

  • Need for change post passing of new transgender law’ – in Business Standard
  • Do we need to do more or is the Transgender Persons law enough
  • Transgender Persons: Lockdown shows the Mirror
  • Being Transgender: is it a mental disorder?

POSH at Work (PAW www.poshatwork.com) is an India firm that super specialises on the Indian law against sexual harassment at workplace - the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH Law) and provides assistance to organizations on the compliance of POSH Law and related matters.

It is one of the first 29 organizations to be empanelled by Ministry of Women & Child Development (Government of India) in 2017 to conduct Training/Awareness Sessions on the Subject. Also currently empanelled in 2019. Over the years, PAW has received different requirements from clients in different industries. As a result, PAW is highly flexible and can ensure compliance in any manner comfortable to the organization. It also does programs on other niche topics which often become the cause of sexual harassment – such as - consent, boundaries, gender, power, unconscious biases etc. It is also the only platform to provide regular updates online on this subject for the benefit of all IC members and other experts / professionals working in this area. PAW has PAN India presence.

The background of founder partners (Samriti Makkar Midha, Clinical Psychologist, Corporate Trainer, External Member, Shivangi Prasad, Author, Advocate (High Court), Legal Consultant, External Member and Sana Hakim, Advocate (High Court), Litigation Expert, External Member) ensures that PAW provides joint expertise of a corporate, criminal and civil advisory and litigation along with a trained psychologist to ensure covering of all facets of Law and provide 360 degree services.

The experience of PAW is diverse:

  1. PAW is currently working with 250+ organizations / institutions.
  2. It has worked / are working with organizations / institutions such as Mumbai Police,Reserve Bank of India, Bombay Stock Exchange, Ministry of Women (Andhra Pradesh), Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Medium and Small Enterprises, Tata Group companies such as Starbucks, Tata Capital, Reliance and various IITs and IIMs
  3. Conducted 600+ training / awareness programs covering 2lk+ individuals.
  4. Conducted 500+ inquiries / conciliations.
  5. eBeen published by Business Standard, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, Huffington Post IBLJ – Vantage Asia, Livemint, Times of India, Economic Times, Forbes India, Mid Day, Scroll.in
22 Jun 2020 12:31 pm
Rakshika Raj   14 Jul 2020 7:45am
Nice, clearly took session on protection of Transgender right I got a good experience..with SoOLEGAL....
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Sunita pattanaik  11 Jul 2020 8:11pm
It is extremely informative. And it is also detailed.
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Manisha Chakraborty  11 Jul 2020 7:48pm
Its good and well researched. Please keep in touch.
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Rakshika Raj   11 Jul 2020 7:42pm
Nice, clearly took session on protection of Transgender right I got a good experience..with SoOLEGAL....
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SIVANI SRIVASTAVA  11 Jul 2020 7:21pm
It was very much informative and wonderful webinar. It was very helpful to understand the law and other concepts as well. Looking forward for future sessions.
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SIWANGINI KUMARI   11 Jul 2020 7:12pm
It was very much detailed and wonderful.. Every concepts is touched very carefully by looking at its applicability and limitations. Looking forward for read more
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Adya Aditi Samal   11 Jul 2020 7:12pm
Feedback on Webinar - It was a great webinar. Really learned a lot. Looking forward to more eye opener webinar like this. Thank you.
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Dr (Mrs) Reshma  11 Jul 2020 7:09pm
Thank u for the wonderful session.. it was really informative.. plz send the link of up coming events
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Neelakshi lawande   11 Jul 2020 7:07pm
Amazing webinar
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Adya Aditi Samal   11 Jul 2020 11:49am
Respected Sir/Ma'am, I have not received the link for the webinar on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 yet. I have registered for the read more
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  11 Jul 2020 1:35pm
Joining link will be mailed to all Registered Participants at 4 PM to their email address with which they have registered.
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raghubeer singh gusain   23 Jun 2020 8:20am
Add a comment...great work
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