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Bhutanese citizens increasingly believe that women are capable of taking on leadership responsibilities. Photo: Yangchen C Rinzin
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
The path to women’s political participation in Bhutan
Himal Mag
In Bhutan’s 2023 National Council elections, only one woman was elected to the NC from a female population of around 360,000. Despite progress in recent years, women still face challenges to political participation. “Of course, it was also because...
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A quick guide to gender-sensitive scrutiny in Bhutan - credits: INTER PARES
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Guide / Training Material
A quick guide to gender-sensitive scrutiny in Bhutan
INTER PARES
This guide is designed to help Members and staff of the Parliament of Bhutan undertake gender-sensitive scrutiny of laws, budgets, and policies. Click here to download the guide published by INTER PARES.
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Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Farsighted leadership of Kings helped Bhutanese women progress
Kuensel
In a society of transition, the role of women is also in transition in Bhutan, but the farsighted leadership of Their Majesties the Kings has helped Bhutanese women progress. This message came out strongly as three Bhutanese women, who worked...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Strengthening women’s political participation in Bhutan
International IDEA
Identifying obstacles and focusing on long-term solutions to propose strategies for equal representation Former minister Dasho Dorji Choden, the first female minister, addresses the challenges Bhutanese women politicians face before her fellow...
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Friday, August 05, 2016
International IDEA published a new vacancy: Conceptual Design of E-Parliament in Bhutan
The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization established in 1995, with 29 Member States, which aims to support sustainable democracy worldwide and assist in the...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Case Study
Working for Equality in Bhutan
This Workshop Report was originally published by International IDEA here on January 11, 2016. Women continue to be underrepresented in Bhutan politics and following the general elections in 2013 the number of women parliamentarians sank from 14...
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Monday, August 10, 2015
International Expert for Parliament Committee System Development - UNDP Bhutan
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bhutan is seeking to recruit a qualified International Expert to conduct a capacity development for the Parliamentary Committee of Bhutan. Running from 2014 until 2018, the project has the aim of...
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Dorji Choden, Minister for Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan, speaking at the COP20 climate conference in Lima
Monday, April 13, 2015
Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant
Being a civil servant in this country is a unique challenge. Moving from a 20-year civil service career to becoming a government minister – and becoming the first democratically elected female minister of the country in the process – could be seen...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Creating history is herstory: a local girl turns public leader, Bhutan
In the landlocked Himalayan nation of Bhutan, Namgay Peldon never thought she would make history, but she did. She was elected the first women Gup, the block leader, as the nation voted for the first time, transitioning from monarchy to democracy in...
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Report / White Paper
Country Reviews: Women’s Political Participation in South Asia.”
Governance in all South Asian countries is imbued with a predominantly patriarchal character. This is reflected in the fact that women form a disproportionately small segment of representatives in elected bodies across all levels of governance, and...
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Second round of Parliamentary elections in Bhutan
Bhutan will hold the second round of its parliamentary elections. The five women candidates were defeated on the first round. However, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck directly appointed two women and three men. The political parties Druk Nymrub...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Lily Wangchuk, Bhutan
Lily Wangchuk is the first women in Bhutan to serve as the president of a political party. Through her leadership of the Druk Chirwang Tshogpa, a new political party that registered with the Election Commission of Bhutan in January 2013, Wangchuk...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Violence against women in politics
Highlighting news, interviews, resources and events on violence against women in politics
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Thursday, August 02, 2012
International Agreement and Action Plans
Power, Voice and Rights: South Asia Regional Conference on Women’s Political Leadership 2011
The report summarizes the key deliberations and outcomes of the said Conference organized in October 2011 by the Parliament of Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the framework of the “Improving Democracy through...
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Bhutan: Divided on the issue, members decide to debate
National Assembly members yesterday raised various concerns in adopting the domestic violence bill. Education minister Thakur S Powdyel, who is also the NCWC chairperson, while introducing the bill, said reports in media, and records with hospitals...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Women Chimis Join Politics
The five female members of the present National Assembly are all joining politics. Four of the five chimis, Lhuentse chimi Deki Pelzom, Dagana chimi Jashma Lama, Phuentsholing chimi Passing Dem and Mongar chimi Sonam have already registered...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Asia Pacific Feminist Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This event will bring together 100-150 activists- women lawyers, academics,...
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Friday, October 28, 2011
Call for Applications: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum
The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The APFF will bring together women activists, lawyers, academics, advocates and...
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