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Bhutan

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

August 10, 2012
Bhutan faces unofficial gender gap
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.