In India, the digitalization of financial transactions has increased, especially among transgender women who beg. They now use QR codes to receive donations, which they say helps them earn more and feel safer.
Managing money online is becoming increasingly widespread in India as more people use digital apps and QR codes for large and small transactions, including giving money to transgender people who resort to begging. Some trans people say digitalization helps them earn more and keeps them safer.Anjali, left, and her friend, Sonia Rana, sit under a streetlight in Connaught Place, a bustling business district in New Delhi, sharing a conversation before heading home.
A customer pays cash to buy vegetables at a roadside market next to a QR code for Paytm, a digital payments firm, in Ahmedabad, India, on Feb. 5. In recent years, India's push for digitization has meant a digital transaction boom as more people use digital apps and QR codes for large and small transactions.
In 2016, the Indian government suddenly withdrew from circulation all 500 and 1,000 rupee banknotes — a process known as "Now, a sense of dignity has prevailed with online payments," she said. "And people can't give excuses for not carrying money." "Digital transactions have given me a kind of mental peace in case I am attacked again, as we are not considered humans in this country," she said.in India released in 2017 by the National Human Rights Commission, 96 per cent of transgender people in the country are excluded from the traditional labour force.
Becoming a teacher was her childhood dream, and she has applied for a variety of jobs, but says she's been refused due to her gender identity. Sonia left home after experiencing discrimination from her family, and now says she has no option but to beg in order to support herself and a friend she thinks of as a brother."Who would enjoy begging? I also had dreams, but nothing for us, so we beg to live," she said tearfully.
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