Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by SULLIVAN Helen
The Himalayan country is facing unprecedented emigration and high youth unemployment, casting doubt on its famous happiness-based economic approach
Trashichhoe Dzong monastery in the city of Thimphu, Bhutan, during a festival. Tourism, one of the country’s main sources of income, was brought (…)
, by RINZIN Yangchen C.
Bhutan celebrated the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 2021 but LGBTIQ+ activists are pushing for the legal recognition of all gender identities and marriage equality
In June 2022, in the middle of Pride Month celebrations across the world, Tashi Choden Chombal was crowned the third Miss (…)
, by RINZIN Yangchen C.
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 they trusted my capability, but I have seen (…)
, by GUPTA Jahnavi
A joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictions on same-sex relationships.
Sections 213 and 214 of the penal code had criminalized (…)
, par BIRD Kai
Dilli Ram Dhimal, 73, sits cross-legged on his bed in a bamboo shack in Goldhap, a camp that once housed some 5,000 Bhutanese refugees in southeastern Nepal. In a month he will arrive in America, a citizen of the New World. He stares at me through eyeglasses thick as a magnifying glass. He must (…)
, by People’s SAARC
People’s SAARC 2010
Seminar on the Right to Repartition of Bhutanese Refugees: Sharing testimonies by Bhutanese refugees with south Asian representatives
25-26 April 2010, Birtamod, Jhapa, Nepal
Organized by: South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) and the Bhutanese Refugees (…)
, by PETERSON Ben
If you’ve read what the mainstream media has had to say about Bhutan in the last year then you would probably have a strong impression of Bhutan and its government: a monarchy that has “given up its power” and embraced democracy.
You would probably know of a government that has chosen to (…)
, by CPI (ML) Liberation
The elections to Bhutan’s National Assembly on March 24 couldn’t be a greater contrast with the Constituent Assembly elections of April 10 in Nepal. Whereas the Nepalese polls reflected the full force of energy and tumult of the years of struggle against the monarchy, Bhutan’s first-ever (…)
, by THAKURIA Nava
A remote Buddhist kingdom prepares for an experiment in electoral politics with an April 21 dress rehearsal before the big day.
Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom sandwiched between Nepal, India and China, is off on a new adventure. Dragon King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, who abdicated from the (…)
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