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May 24, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Policy guidance: improving access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender women

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • The aim is to identify and address the healthcare needs and challenges faced by transgender women in South Africa.
  • Participants included transgender women involved in HSRC studies
  • Research focused on social and cultural factors affecting health access
  • Findings were synthesized into a policy brief for healthcare improvement
  • Policy recommendations were made to enhance access to gender-affirming healthcare
  • Highlighted the need to address structural barriers and discrimination faced by transgender women

Abstract

Transgender women in South Africa have actively participated in HSRC studies to explain structural, social and cultural factors contributing to their disproportionate health and social burdens. Some of this and other research has been synthesised into a policy brief to inform better healthcare and other services for this marginalised group.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a12969d48a0ea1665673971https://doi.org/10.14749/32364486
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