US Allocates $500K Grant for English Language Training to Benefit Transgender Youth in Pakistan

Teachers to implement program for transgender youth, ages 13-25, with grant funds

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NEW YORK: In an effort to enhance the English language skills of Pakistani youth and prepare them for success in the global workplace, the Biden administration is offering a $500,000 grant. The grant, which is part of the US State Department’s initiative, will provide professional development courses for English language teachers from non-mainstream institutions, novice Pakistani English language teachers, and transgender youth and Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals residing in Pakistan.

The grant includes a programme component focusing on transgender youth, which will accept proposals from applicants to implement intensive professional development courses for Pakistani transgender youth between the ages of 13-25 and Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals residing in Pakistan. The grant aims to improve English language communication skills among trainees and connect them to a professional alumni network.

The State Department’s human rights report for Pakistan commended the country’s 2018 Transgender Persons Protection of Rights Act. The grant is not intended for gender transitions but rather to provide marginalized communities, specifically transgender youth, with fundamental skills that can unlock educational and employment opportunities.

To reach the most significant number of Pakistani transgender youth and Afghan teachers, students, and young professionals from various locations across Pakistan, interested applicants to the grant programme are encouraged to present the most effective ways.

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