Saji Thomas

Saji Thomas is a freelance journalist based in Bhopal. He has worked for several mainstream newspapers, such as The Times of India. He writes regularly for Matters India, a news portal that collaborates with GSR and focuses on religious and social issues.

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Kovai Meera, a trans woman, blesses Srs. Stella Baltazar and Anita Edwin, members of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, at her residence in Coimbatore, a major city in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. (Saji Thomas)

Nuns help trans people gain social acceptance in southern India

Amid lockdown in March 2020, religious sisters began to work with transgender people in need in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The sisters have helped them build self-reliance and gain social acceptance.

Participants join a group discussion during the Jan. 19-21 training on the Grievance Redressal Cell launched by the Conference of Religious Women India, at the Jesuits' Dhyan Ashram Retreat Centre in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. (Courtesy of Elsa Muttathu)

Training for grievance redressal infuses hope among Indian women religious

"Today we have a platform to share our problems without fear of retribution," said one of the nuns who attended a training on the Grievance Redressal Cell, an initiative of the Conference of Religious Women India.

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