Biden allocates $500k for transgender youth and other groups in Pakistan.

Teaching English and Empowering Transgender Youth in Pakistan

The Biden administration is taking steps to help Pakistani youth improve their English language skills and become productive members of their community and society. As part of this effort, the administration is offering a $500,000 grant to provide intensive professional development courses for Pakistani transgender youth.

Program Components

The grant focuses on three components:

• Professional development for English language teachers from non-mainstream institutions
• Professional development for novice Pakistani English language teachers
• Professional development for transgender youth and for Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals residing in Pakistan

The third component of the program aims to provide intensive professional development courses for Pakistani transgender youth aged 13-25 and Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals residing in Pakistan.

Program Goals

The program aims to strengthen the English capacity and professional capability of Pakistani transgender youth and Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals residing in Pakistan. Participating teachers will share what they learned in these trainings with English-language professional colleagues, thereby influencing pedagogy in their schools and communities.

Transgender Policies and Activism

In 2018, Pakistan enacted the Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination against transgender people in schools, workplaces, and public settings, and guarantees them the right to choose their gender on official documents.

However, some lawmakers in the United States are pushing back against efforts to normalize transgender ideology and provide preferential treatment to transgender individuals.

Despite this, the Biden administration remains committed to empowering transgender youth in Pakistan and helping them succeed in the global community and workplace.