Hijras: The 21st Century Untouchables

Authors

Sapna Khatri, Washington University School of Law

Publication Title

Washington University Global Studies Law Review

Abstract

Denied the most basic of human rights, this analytical framework aims to prove an overview of the plight of India’s hijras and proposes greater access to health and education for India’s longest lasting social outcasts in an attempt to help them out-caste the nation’s social hierarchy.

Recommended Citation

Sapna Khatri, Hijras: The 21st Century Untouchables, 16 Wash. U. Global Stud. L. Rev. 387 (2017),
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_globalstudies/vol16/iss2/10