This project was undertaken by Anveshi in collaboration with the India Network for Basic Income (INBI) to provide select individuals from the transgender community in Hyderabad with a Universal Basic Income and build community through “Care Workshops”. The Project was funded by the American Jewish World Service and the disbursement was carried out for a duration of 12 months, from January 2024 – January 2025.
Collaborating Organizations: Anveshi, India Network for Basic Income (INBI), American Jewish World Service (AJWS), Basic Income Earth Network (Asia Pacific hub)
Salient Features of the Program
The Basic Income and Care for Transgender Persons is unique and innovative in its approach to the inculcation of “Care” as a model of community building within the objective of providing basic income to transgender persons, as a radical social policy intervention.
Highlights of the One-of-a Kind Program:
- Provide a basic income to selected transgender participants for a period of 12 months
- Provide a safe space for caring and sharing through the monthly Care Workshops in order to discuss care as a practice for the self/individual and in relation to the community.
- Develop a research agenda collaboratively on policy intervention for protection of transgender rights and advocacy for universal basic income for marginalized communities.
Care Workshops
Gallery of Art Works
