The Transgender Education and Advocacy (TEA) is an international human rights organization working towards defending and promoting the human rights of transgender/transsexual people. TEA is registered in Kenya by the NGO Coordination Board under the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government.
Mandate
TEA’s activities include :
- - Providing legal aid to transgender people wishing to change their names, photos and gender marks in their identification, academic and travel documents e.g. academic certificates, national identity cards and passports.
- - Lobbying for legal reforms to put laws in place that will reduce discrimination towards transgender people.
- - Sensitizing policy and law makers, health care providers, civil society organizations, educators, the general public and other stakeholders about transgender, gender and sexual diversity.
- - Empowering transgender people with skills and information thereby eradicating poverty, economic and sexual exploitation in the transgender community.
