Today is Valentine’s Day. It is a day to celebrate love. The simple and pure message of love transcends all society, and so the Day is observed by all, all over the world. This Valentine’s Day is special because the world is also observing the One Billion Rising, a call for one billion women and all men [...]
We don’t celebrate Mother’s Day in Bhutan. But 160 countries do. And 79 of them celebrate it today, the second Sunday of May. I think we should celebrate Mother’s Day too. Like the rest of the world, we should dedicate a day to thank our mothers for their love and affection, and to acknowledge them [...]
My wife and our daughter, aged 12, walk home every afternoon. They enjoy their walks, but they’ve been harassed by all sorts of men including commuters, taxi drivers and even school students, in uniform, younger than our son. The eve-teasing is offensive and hurtful. Yet, they’ve continued to walk, even if they have to suffer [...]
“Commit, Act and Demand: We can stop violence against women” This week’s banner celebrates International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women.
Our last poll asked what you’d like to be reborn as in your next life. Most of us (133 or 42%) of us said that we did not care about the gender of our next birth. This is good, as it could mean that this group does not experience obvious gender biases in this life. [...]
Today, 25 November, is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Listen to Tracy Chapman’s “Behind the Wall”, one of my early favourites. Last night I heard the screaming Loud voices behind the wall Another sleepless night for me It won’t do no good to call The police always come late If they [...]
Our last poll says that almost half of us go to our villages at least once a year. And that 83% of us go to our villages a minimum of once every five years. That is good. As increasingly more of us abandon our villages in favour of city life, it becomes that much more [...]
A good 52% of the participants in our last poll said that we do not discriminate against our women. But 44% said that our women do face discrimination. And the rest, that’s hardly 4%, said that they couldn’t tell. A majority of us feel that our women do not suffer discrimination. That’s good. And that [...]
Fourteen villages in my constituency, most of them in Gakiling gewog, do not have electricity. Every night, women in these villages turn their rangthang, a traditional stone mill, grinding buckwheat, maize and millet for several hours in virtual darkness. Working the rangthang is hard work in the best of conditions. But in the dark, by [...]
Today the world celebrates the achievements of women. Today is International Women’s Day. When I last checked, the IWD website had registered that 841 events would take place in 54 countries to observe International Women’s Day. And according to a press release from RENEW, Bhutan alone will hold five events – in Paro, Phuentsoling, Sarpang, [...]
Tshering Tobgay is a Member of Parliament representing Sombaykha Constitutency in Haa. He is the Leader of the Opposition Party in the National Assembly of Bhutan.
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