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# Brazil proposes trans employment quota
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/brazil-proposes-trans-employment-quota/
- Published: 2021-02-01T15:40:24.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-01T12:40:39.000Z
- Description: Brazil is the latest South American country to propose a trans employment quota in its job force, meaning 3% of jobs in major companies would be set aside for the country’s transgender community.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Argentina, Brazil, LGBTQ, Trans Rights, Transgender, Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide

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A Pride parade in Rio, Brazil

**Brazil** is the latest South American country to propose a trans employment quota in its job force, meaning 3% of jobs in major companies would be set aside for the country’s transgender community. According to [**Reuters**](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-lgbt-rights-trfn-idUSKBN29Y2Q1?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the bill was introduced by **Alexandre Padilha**, a member of the Chamber of Deputies in the National Congress of Brazil who worked alongside the country’s official LGBTQ+ association to create the legislation. Padilha’s regulations would apply to all private firms with more than 100 staff that receive state aid or contracts.

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Rio Pride

Brazil’s neighbouring country, **Argentina**, passed a law last year reserving 1% of public sector jobs for trans workers. Padilha hopes his bill will benefit the South American trans community, which experiences disproportionate rates of unemployment: “\[Trans people\] *have to survive without having been able to attend school and, without qualifications, they don’t manage to keep a job. It’s a ripple effect”.* However, the bill is currently lacking political support, with congressman **Paulo Ganime,** of the right-wing Novo Party, arguing: *“Most of the quota laws in Brazil, and elsewhere, don’t work. They mask a problem and sometimes create even more prejudice over a subject.”*

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Brazil is currently the deadliest country in the world for trans people according to **Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide**. Their 2020 [report ](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/report-shows-350-trans-people-have-been-killed-in-2020/)found that out of 350 global killings of trans people, the majority took place in Brazil. A [total](https://www.letraese.org.mx/proyectos/proyecto-1-2/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) of 437 LGBTQ+ people were killed in the country between 2013 and 2016, over half of which were trans women. A further 60% of LGBTQ+ Brazilians have reported experiencing discrimination and harassment in their lifetime despite the country’s non-discrimination legislation.