Targeted job postings promote transgender participation, ensuring no one is left behind
"It was the first time I had seen an advertisement encouraging transgender people to apply for a particular role," says Abril Vargas, a UN Volunteer serving within the UN system in the Dominican Republic. Abril Vargas is an LGBTI Inclusion and Partnerships Technician and shares his experience in landing this volunteer opportunity.
The International Day of Trans Visibility is commemorated every year on March 31 – it is a date dedicated to promoting, celebrating and recognizing the participation of transgender people. However, in the Dominican Republic – as is the case in many places worldwide – transgender people are subject to discrimination and violence. An assessment of health needs of transgender people conducted in the country in 2015 uncovered that 79 pre cent of the transgender population had been denied employment or had been terminated because of their gender identity.