About the Speakers
Dani Dominiguez is associated with Yes Institute, Miami- a community-based organization that has been working towards gender sensitization across the country. it also undertakes various courses on gender studies.
Dani has been working for the past almost ten years and leads education, training, and consultation work, specializing in equity conversations and best practices on gender, sexual orientation, and race. Dani is frequently invited to present to both corporate and non-profit leaders, medical and mental health professionals, child welfare, law enforcement, and university classes.
Somabha Bandopadhay, a Ph.D. scholar and Research Assistant at The West Bengal National University for juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata is working extensively with the transgender community in Kolkata. A graduate of NLSIU Bangalore with BA.LLB from School of Law, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Somabha has written and presented papers extensively at international and national levels.
She has been the recipient of the Nani Palkhivala Memorial Gold Medal at NLSIU Bangalore, Chancellor’s Gold Medal, Nanibala Devi Memorial Gold Medal at KIIT and the KIIT Merit scholarship and won the prestigious Bar Council of India Moot Court competition with Best Speaker and the Best Female Advocate awards with a scholarship for a year.
Somabha has been a dedicated NSS volunteer and was awarded the Best Volunteer Award in 2017 by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of India. She is also a classical Manipuri dance artist being recipient of two prestigious national scholarships from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
About the Webinar
The plight of the transgender community is not a new issue, yet something that almost always misses the public discourse and is hardly in the limelight. This discussion is aimed at spreading awareness on the issues concerning the transgender community and what they have been met with, in the recent past, especially with the ongoing pandemic. The discussion aims to provide an elaborate picture of the common problems of the community in both these jurisdictions.
The speakers shall attempt to highlight the ignorance and unawareness, primarily because of not having on board the transgender community members whilst taking decisions by the governments of the day. The discussion will hopefully shed light on the dark lives of the transgender community in an attempt to understand and stand with the community at this hour of need. The webinar is a mark of respect and to commemorate the Pride movement in the Pride month of June 2020.
Eligibility
The webinar is open for students, scholars, academicians, advocates, human rights, and transgender community activists and surely for the transgender community members.
Registration Procedure
All interested participants are requested to fill the google form for registration for the webinar.
The link for the google form can be found here.
The webinar shall be conducted on Zoom and the Meeting ID shall be shared with all the registered participants.
Registration Fee
Rs. 100/- to be paid through Google Pay or UPI to 09007020313. Kindly mention your name in the remarks section during the transaction.
Certificates will be given to all the registered attendees.
Important Dates
The webinar is scheduled for 13th June 2020 at 6:00 PM (IST). The last date for registration is 11th June 2020 5:00 PM (IST).
Contact Information
For any queries, please email at dani@yesinstitute.org or somabha@nls.ac.in or somabha.crsgpp@nujs.edu.
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