International Womens Day
Her Royal Highness Chimi Yangzom Wangchuck, launched Bhutan's first comprehensive study on the prevalence of #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls that will serve as the foundation to enhance protection & promotion of women & girls' rights coinciding with International Womens Day 2019 celebrations .
The NCWC through support from UNDP and the Austrian Development Agency conducted a nationwide study on the Prevalence of Viol ence against Women and Girls. The study surveyed more than 2000 women and girls across the country. The study revealed that the impact of emotional violence is traumatic and physical partner violence affects many women in Bhutan, with more than half (53.4%) of all women agreeing that a husband/man is justified to hit them. More than two in every five women (44.6%) have experienced at least one or more forms of partner violence in their lifetime be it physical, sexual, psychological or economic. 4.2% of ever-pregnant women reported to having experienced physical violence during at least one pregnancy. Almost one in ten women reported to being sexually abused as a child. Further, 12.5% of women reported to experiencing physical violence from persons other than their intimate partner since the age of 15 years.
This InternationalWomensDay on March 8, Bhutan was celebrated with a National Textile Festival. The 3-day festival at the TextileMuseum in Thimphu was celebrate with the country’s women artisans
All Updates
- Three days workshop on Sensitive reporting on gender and children concerns to media houses
- Consultancy Service to Reviewing and Updating the existing child protection case management SOP, developing guidelines and procedures for the prevention and response to child protection and to conduct ToT.
- Promotion from 1st July 2021.
- Annual gender and Child Focal Person's Meeting 2021
- Public Notice
- Birth Anniversary of Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen
- Zero Waste Hour on June 2, 2021
- Creche facility inaugurated at Yusipang
- Stakeholder consultation to review Gakey Lamtoen: Bhutan GBV Pilot Project’s adolescent and caregiver intervention manuals
- New Director General for NCWC
- High-level sensitization workshop for the Parliamentarians
- Basic Gender Training to key Climate Sectors
- Two-day Training on Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace
- GBV Gakey Lamtoen
- 4th Project Steering Committee Meeting for the Gakey Lamtoen