ISLAMABAD – Pakistan government makes history with first ever transgenderwoman in the World included in the high level UN delegation.
Aisha Mughal has become the first transgender woman to represent Pakistanat a United Nations Forum officially. She was recently included in thecountry’s delegation at the United Nations’ Convention to End All Forms ofDiscrimination Against Women (CEDAW) committee.
The significant moment was marked with her inaugural address at the forumon Thursday.
With this development, Pakistan also became the first-ever country in theworld to give representation to a trans person at this level.
The Ministry of Human Rights announced the development in a Twitter post.
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“The Government of Pakistan has become the first country in the world toinclude a legally recognized Transgender woman, Ms. Aisha Mughal, in itsNational Delegation at the UN CEDAW committee.”
For those unaware, Aisha Mughal is a Transgender Rights Experts and FocalPerson at the Ministry of Human Rights. She has been passionately workingfor the rights of the transgender community in Pakistan.
Aisha has an M.Phil degree in Human Resource Management from COMSATSIslamabad and is also the first transgender lecturer in the visitingfaculty at Quaid-e-Azam University.
