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Sonam, Global Voices

Is organized religion an impediment to fulfilling MDGs?

If only governments would take a second look at religion and see how it stands in the way of improving the lives of its marginalized populations, it has the potential to hasten the process to achievi...

Sonam, Global Voices

Bhutan signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thilney, signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the UN on September 21st, 2010, on the occasion of the 2010 UN Treaty E...

Sonam, Global Voices

Happiness – will it be the 9th Millennium Development Goal?

Is GDP really the best yardstick for progress? The question is being asked with growing urgency across the globe. So far, only Bhutan has implemented a radically different measurement for development:...

Sonam, Global Voices

Doing your part as a woman for climate change

What connection does finishing the food on your plate in New York, saving the water and the energy here, have to children and women in third world countries? Many. Like a spider web our lives are a...

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