Providing Inclusive Care for Trans People in Greece
"We need people that understand what happens in your mind, that understand what you need," says Yuli, a trans woman from Cuba who is seeking asylum in Greece. Yuli helps connect other transgender people in her community with inclusive health services, including the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) project in Athens.
Supportive sexual and reproductive health care is important for everyone, but around the world, many people face damaging obstacles to accessing this care. For many women and girls, including cis and trans women, societal taboos and fears often prevent them from finding timely, appropriate information and services. Unmarried women, adolescents, sex workers, women in the LGBTQIA+ community, and others are often excluded from health care.
MSF is working to reduce the barriers to health care for marginalized and excluded people and people in crisis and to help them participate in their own health and well-being.