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The Bhutan Buddhist Nuns Foundation

http://bhutannuns.org/announcements/65-1st-international-buddhists-nuns-conference-in-bhutan.html

FIRST INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST NUNS CONFERENCE -BHUTAN 

14-16 December 2013

We would love to have more International participants. To encourage that we have extended our deadlines for papers submissions and registration until the 30^th of September.

Theme: Roles and responsibilities of Buddhist Nuns in post-modern society.

• Education and health
• Opportunities and challenges faced by nuns
• Gender equity
• Nunneries and Community life

Objectives of the conference:

• To inspire and empower Bhutanese Nuns to become aware and realize their potential.
• To create a platform for Buddhist nuns around the world to share their experiences, best practices and challenges, leading toward a supportive network among nuns.

DETAILED ANNOUNCEMENT AND REGISTRATION FORM

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The Bhutan Nuns Foundation - BNF provides a high leverage means of empowering and educating Bhutanese girls and women, improving the living conditions and economic vitality of rural villages, and preserving Bhutan’s strong, sustainable culture as it faces rapid economic development.

Many girls and women in Bhutan enter nunneries for short to long periods to gain an education and escape poverty and abuse. These women dedicate their lives to serving society. They are very involved in local communities, often helping needy families and serving as role models for other girls and women. Despite the great contribution nuns make to society, Bhutan’s twenty-one nunneries receive nearly no support. They often lack basic sanitation, sleeping and cooking quarters, trained teachers and learning materials.

The Bhutan Nuns Foundation is under the patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck.