Unequal Employment Opportunities for Transgenders: Empirical Study on Employees of Pakistan

Year 2022, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 181 - 197, 30.07.2022

Abbiha Waqar , Zahra Waqar Muhammad Nauman Jamal

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the problems faced by the transgenders in the society, while applying for the jobs and faced discrimination on the bases of sexual identity for which they are being neglected in the overall society and are not accepted as well. The primary data was gathered by distributing questionnaires among transgenders. The sample size used for this study is 150 employees that are currently working in WASA (Water and Sewerage Authority) it is an organization in Pakistan. SPSS software was used to analyze data for multiple linear regression analysis and reliability analysis. The results were contingent by usual principles of statistics. Based on the results the hypotheses conducted were accepted. The findings recommended that the society has a notion developed within them or inherited on the bases of which transgenders have always been neglected and treated as minorities. They cannot get the job that they deserve even though having same education as others. Thus, the laws and rules are developed in order to provide them the jobs, so that they can earn bread for their families in order to feed them.

Keywords

Transgenders, Unequal Employment, Gender Discrimination, Pakistani Employees

Transseksüeller için Eşitsiz İstihdam Fırsatları: Pakistan Çalışanları Üzerine Görgül Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı transseksüellerin toplumda kabul görmedikleri işlere başvururken karşılaştıkları ve cinsel kimlik temelinde ayrımcılığa maruz kaldıklarında yaşadıkları sorunları incelemektir. Birincil veriler, transseksüeller arasında anketler dağıtılarak toplanmıştır. Bu çalışma için kullanılan örneklem Pakistan'daki bir kuruluş olan WASA'da (Su ve Kanalizasyon İdaresi) görev yapan 150 çalışandır. Çoklu doğrusal regresyon ve güvenilirlik analizleri SPSS yazılımı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre kurulan hipotezler kabul edilmiştir. Bulgular, transseksüellerin her zaman ihmal edildiği ve azınlık olarak muamele gördüğü temeline dayalı olarak kendi içinde geliştirdikleri veya miras aldıkları bir nosyona sahip olduğunu göstermektedir. Başkalarıyla aynı eğitime sahip olmalarına rağmen hak ettikleri işlere giremedikleri belirlenmiştir. Buradan hareketle onlara iş sağlamak için yasalar ve kurallar geliştirilmesi, böylece ailelerini doyurmak için para kazanabilmeleri sağlanabilir.

Keywords

Transseksüeller, Eşitsiz İstihdam, Cinsiyet Ayrımcılığı, Pakistanlı Çalışanlar

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