Resources

Menstrual Hygiene Management of Adolescent School Girls and Nuns. A Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Study in Bhutan, Unicef and School Health and Nutrition Division (SHND) Department of School Education, Ministry of Education, Bhutan.

Ministry of Education, Bhutan.

Bhutan Nuns’ Foundation

Institute of Happiness Bhutan

Gross National Happiness Centre Bhutan

Centre for Bhutan Studies

Bhutan Road Map

Bhutan joins the Colombo Plan 1962 From Wikipedia: The story of Bhutan’s entry to the Colombo Plan. Ashi Tashi Dorji, sister of the Queen Grandmother and grand-aunt to the current King, was born in Bhutan House in Kalimpong on 29 August 1923, the daughter of Gongzim Sonam Tobgye Dorji and Sikkim Princess Choying Wangmo Dorji.  In 1962, Tashi represented her brother Jigme Palden Dorji, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, at the 14th meeting of the Consultative Committee of the Colombo Plan, held in Melbourne, Australia. Bhutan was not one of the 17-member nations, but Australian Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies had invited Lyonchen Jigme to attend as an observer. Just as the official delegation was preparing to make the trip, the Sino-Indian War erupted. Lyonchen Jigme couldn’t leave, so he deputised his sister to lead an all-women delegation that included his wife, Tessla Dorji, and his secretary Ms Benita Dunne. Tashi Dorji attended all the events and asked that Bhutan be allowed to join. Colombo’s protocol meant Bhutan should wait two years, but Tashi Dorji impressed the leaders with her speech and Bhutan was invited to join straight away. It was the first international organisation Bhutan joined.

Books on Bhutan Beyond the Sky and the Earth by Jamie Zeppa Married to Bhutan by Linda Leaming Bhutan land of Serenity by Matthieu Ricard So Close to Heaven by Barbara Crossette Dreams of the Peaceful Dragon by Katie Hickman The Blessings of Bhutan by Russ and Blyth Carpanter The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rimpoche (Book on Buddhism)