Description

Since its successful transition to a Democratic Constitutional Monarchy, Bhutan has adopted multiple legal and policy frameworks to provide women and men the right to full and equal participation in political, civil, economic, social and cultural life at all levels. The NGEP is aligned with and internalizes the values and principles enshrined in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan and other important legal and policy documents, as well as the international agreements that the RGoB has ratified or agreed on, such as the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Beijing Platform for Action under the values of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, the UN Charter and other regional and international conventions and agreements that the RGoB upholds. No explicit provisions establish nationality as a requirement.