Almost 50 percent of the country’s population is women, but their representation in the parliament is only 14 percent. In the local government, the figures are dismal. There is only one woman gup and four women tshogpas in the 205 gewogs.To persuade women to contest for the upcoming local government elections, a day-long advocacy programme was organized by the Institute of Management Services (IMS) in the capital.
For more information, please visit The Bhutan Observer.
Almost 50 percent of the country’s population is women, but their representation in the parliament is only 14 percent. In the local government, the figures are dismal. There is only one woman gup and four women tshogpas in the 205 gewogs.To persuade women to contest for the upcoming local government elections, a day-long advocacy programme was organized by the Institute of Management Services (IMS) in the capital.
For more information, please visit The Bhutan Observer.