The Bhutanese Leading the way.
Twenty-seven second – hand CGI sheets, 50 kilograms of rice, three bed sheets, one school bag and a Tiffin-box. This was the cost of 14-year-old Sunil Limbu from Tendruk gewog, Samtse whose mother allowed 40-year old Phub Nidup originally from Haa but now resettled in Samtse to hire her son. …
Read More »The debate on quota for Bhutanese women continues
Should there be a quota system for women in governance and politics? This is an issue on which the debate continues in Bhutan. The Bhutanese talked to a number of people from different walks of life – both male and female. And got an interesting array of answers but the …
Read More »Questions raised on quota for women in politics and governance, many not in its favor
Bhutan which claims to be an egalitarian society does not have quota for women in power.Most other SAARC countries like India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh have reserved seats for women in politics and governance. In the first South Asian Conference on Empowering Women and Gender Equality, a two-day program in …
Read More »RENEW has “secret shelter” for domestic violence victims
Within the last two months, 32 cases of domestic violence cases were reported in the capital: 12 cases of battery; 12 cases of willful negligence; one extra marital affair; and seven other cases under different categories. Records with RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women) show that cases of domestic …
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