The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Training programme for the transgendered begins

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Training programme for the transgendered begins

Staff Reporter

Stenographers Guild to impart office management skills

TOWARDS RECOGNITION: Chennai Police Commissioner Letika Saran (second from right), interacts with the president of the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal Association P. Aasha Bharathi and other persons at the inauguration of a training programme on Monday. — ; PHOTO: S.S.KUMAR

CHENNAI : About 20 transgendered persons will receive training in office management skills over the next two months at the Stenographers' Guild.

Inaugurating the training programme here on Monday, Commissioner of Police, Greater Chennai, Letika Saran told trainees that the skills acquired would take them a long way. "Look at this as the first step. You may want to consider a course in subjects like business administration later," she said.

Commending Stenographer's Guild for offering the programme, she suggested that trangendered persons be merged with the other batches coming to the Guild. "That's how mainstreaming can be done," she added.

P. Aasha Bharathi, president of the Tamil Nadu Aravanigal Association, said it was the lack of job opportunities that forced the transgendered to resort to begging or the flesh trade. Even in that, they had to contend with violence and risk of HIV and AIDS, she added.

Ms. Aasha said she hoped more companies and organisations would come forward to employ deserving candidates in her community.

The two-month programme will cover MS-Office, spoken English, presentation skills, language skills and managing phone manners. "We are offering courses for the marginalised such as destitute women and orphans. This is just an extension of our social responsibility," said S.V. Ramaswamy, honorary president of the guild.

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