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Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant

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Bhutan's first female minister: engineer, equality warrior and former civil servant

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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 as even more of a challenge, but it’s one that Dorji Choden has taken on with ease. For Choden, an engineer by training, being in the service of her country is something she is glad to take on – and it beats the year she spent doing a master’s degree in Syracuse, New York state, where she was desperately homesick.

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Dorji Choden, Minister for Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan, speaking at the COP20 climate conference in Lima

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 as even more of a challenge, but it’s one that Dorji Choden has taken on with ease. For Choden, an engineer by training, being in the service of her country is something she is glad to take on – and it beats the year she spent doing a master’s degree in Syracuse, New York state, where she was desperately homesick.

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Lily Wangchuk, Bhutan

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Lily Wangchuk, Bhutan

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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 hopes to build a strong foundation for the party and encourage each member to actively participate at all levels, especially women. With Bhutan’s second parliamentary elections in history scheduled in 2013, Wangchuk hopes that she will able to lead the political party to success.

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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 hopes to build a strong foundation for the party and encourage each member to actively participate at all levels, especially women. With Bhutan’s second parliamentary elections in history scheduled in 2013, Wangchuk hopes that she will able to lead the political party to success.

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Bhutan faces unofficial gender gap

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Officially, there is no gender divide in Bhutan. Traditionally, women in this mainly matriarchal society have inherited their parents’ property and husbands often move into their wives’ homes after marriage. Constitutionally, women are guaranteed equal rights. And yet, says Lily Wangchhuk, the first and only woman president of any political party in Bhutan, in practice, there are “huge gender gaps”.

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Officially, there is no gender divide in Bhutan. Traditionally, women in this mainly matriarchal society have inherited their parents’ property and husbands often move into their wives’ homes after marriage. Constitutionally, women are guaranteed equal rights. And yet, says Lily Wangchhuk, the first and only woman president of any political party in Bhutan, in practice, there are “huge gender gaps”.

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Women Chimis Join Politics

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Women Chimis Join Politics

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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 with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
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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 with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
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Call for Applications: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum

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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.

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Practitioner’s Guide to Designing Inclusive and Accountable Local Democratic Institutions

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Practitioner’s Guide to Designing Inclusive and Accountable Local Democratic Institutions

This guide is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the current range of local representative arrangements and electoral systems in Asia and the Pacific.

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This guide is the first of its kind to provide an overview of the current range of local representative arrangements and electoral systems in Asia and the Pacific.

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