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Skill Development

Training and Educating the Vulnerable Transgender Community

Therapy, training and dignified work for Dhaka’s transgender community.
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Project Started

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Location

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Transgender people in Bangladesh face exclusion from family, school and work, which leaves many with no safe way to earn a living. This programme gives transgender people aged 14 to 35 in urban Dhaka mental and physical therapy, grooming and vocational training.

Around 120 participants have completed the programme. They now work in decent workplaces as part of a skilled workforce.

Target group: Transgender people aged 14–35
Area: Urban Dhaka

What we do

Therapy and wellbeing

Grooming and life skills

Vocational training and placement

Stories

Young people attending a training class
October 25, 2026

120 Transgender Trainees Now Working in Skilled Jobs

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