ThoughtWorks India helps PeriFerry design and launch Prajna, an initiative that seeks to offer trans people specific training in various fields of specialisation
Teaching someone fishing rather than handing them a fish is an apt metaphor for skilling. However, as with all aphorisms, this one is generalised, and even sounds a little too pat, as if fishing can happen right off the bat. It is up to us to fill in the details. Effective fishing is about matching the technique and gear with the fish and the waters. So it is with skilling.
In a pandemic-related upskilling exercise for transgender individuals, software consultancy firm ThoughtWorks India seems to have taken care of that filling-in part.
According to a communication from the company, as part of its diversity, equity and inclusion initiative, it has associated with PeriFerry (periferry.com) — a social startup that…