The TWA Plans Tactics at its Annual Meeting

By Dorji Kyi / August 12, 2016;

The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) is holding its 12^th Working Committee Meeting. The meeting is being held from August 8 – 13 at Hunsur Rabgayling Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India. Five executive members from Central TWA are taking part together with105 regional members from 30 different regional chapters in India and Nepal.

The attendees will focus on and discuss nine major points which will include a brainstorming on solidarity campaigns for the current critical situations in Tibet as well as work for the security of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, fulfillingHis Holiness’s wishes, promoting and spreading awareness of the Middle Way Approach, increasing the fertility rate of the exile Tibetan community,acquiring educational support for Tibetan children, the preservation of Tibetan culture and language, improving the working and administration of TWA, working towards the conservation and protection of Tibet’s environment through campaigns, revisiting the resolutions of 10^th General Body meeting and finally to present the annual and financial report of the Central and regional chapters.

Mrs Dolma Yangchen, President of the TWA said that the meeting had got off to a really good start, saying “the opening ceremony was attended by our Chief Guest Mrs Gyari Dolma (Former Home Minister), Lobsang Phendey Rinpoche (Gyurme Monastery), Settlement Officer Mr Gelek Jugney, along with a few former MPs, settlement leaders, local assembly members, and members of Tibetan Youth Congress.” She added,“Mrs Gyari Dolma la and the other guests appreciated the work we have been doing and they also encouraged us to do more for our community”.

The Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) was originally founded on March 12, 1959 in Tibet. On this day – known as Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day – thousands of Tibetan women in Lhasa gathered together to protest against the illegal occupation of Tibet by Communist China. On September 10, 1984, with the blessings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Women’s Association was officially reinstated with 12 branches throughout India. Today, the non-government organisation (NGO) has over 17,000 members and 58 branches worldwide including branches in: India, Nepal, Europe, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, the United States of America and Canada.