Hijra, a transgender group in Bangladesh, despite being acknowledged by the government in 2013 as a separate gender category, cannot adequately exercise their gender and sexual rights. This study aimed to explore discrepancies between the gender declaration and the lived realities of their gender and sexual rights. This study adopted the policy analysis framework, whilst linking it to SRHR frameworks by the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission. This study adopted desk review and mixed methods research to explore their ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive health rights as hijra.
The benefits do not reach us’: analyzing the discrepancies between the state recognition of hijra and their reality in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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