The crucial role of women in non-violent protest and the Tibet movement
Since Women’s Uprising Day in 1959, Tibetan women have played a crucial role in the movement for freedom in Tibet. Between 1959 and 1984, following the original founding of TWA on Women’s Uprising...
View ArticleA generation lost but not forgotten: The Silent Genocide
Source: Silent Genocide.WordPress.com A picture can paint a thousand words and in no way does that ring more true than in a recent exhibition titled ‘Silent Genocide’, which highlights the harrowing...
View ArticleTWA urges Chinese Government to resolve their repressive policies in Tibet
It is only half way through the month of November and there have been 10 self-immolation already. The intense situation inside Tibet is evident through the continuous increase in the number of...
View ArticleSelf Immolations inside Tibet
Name Age Gender From Date Occupation Status Lobsang Tashi Aka Tapey 20 M Kirti Monastery, Ngapa 27 Feb,09 Monk Hospitalized Phuntsok Jarutsang 20 M Kirti Monastery, Ngapa 16 Mar,11 Monk Deceased...
View ArticleTibetan Women’s Association along with its 56 Regional Chapters appeal to the...
An appeal to United Nations on Global Human Rights Day The Chinese colonization of Tibet and continuous implementation of cruel policies are an attempt to genocide the Tibetan’s ethnic traditions,...
View ArticleToday a Tibetan Women Self-immolated in Ngaba
Today a Tibetan women Self-immolated in Ngaba. 31 years old Kalkyi(Kelsang Kyi) from Yultso village in Dzamthang county self-immolated today around 3:30 pm (Tibet time). Kalkyi set herself on fire...
View ArticleAlternative BRICS Summit in Dharamsala
Press Release: For Immediate Release Alternative BRICS Summit in Dharamsala Tibet Campaigners demand action from BRICS leaders as Xi Jinping attends first summit as China’s Head of State Photos of the...
View ArticleTibetan NGOs call whereabouts and release 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima
Dharamsala: Four Tibetan NGOs dedicated today’s Lhakar action for the release of 11th Panchen Lama Gedhun Choekyi Nyima whose predecessor 10th Panchen Lama was specifically vocal on Tibetan cultural...
View ArticleCommemorating the 24th Birthday of 11th Panchen Lama Gendun Choekyi Nyima
Although the birthday of the Panchen Lama is meant to be a festive occasion, the current situation is not a cause for celebration. Today, April 25, 2013, is his 24th birthday, but he is forced to...
View Article18 years of enforced disappearance of 11th Panchen Lama
Immediate Press Release: 18 years of enforced disappearance of 11th Panchen Lama The People’s Republic of China must release Gendun Choekyi Nyima. He is the 11th Panchen Lama, the reincarnation of...
View ArticleAn Appeal to Apple’s CEO
On 2nd August, 2013, the Tibetan Women’s Association, an organization that encompasses 16,000 members in 56 regional chapters across four continents (Asia, America, Europe, and Australia) wrote an...
View ArticleJustice to the late self-immolator’s husband
To voice against recent tragic case of late self-immolator Kunchok Wangmo’s husband Dolma Kyab, TWA wrote appeal letter addressed to the UNHRC’s high commissioner Navanethem Pillay, UNICEF, the...
View ArticleThe crucial role of women in non-violent protest and the Tibet movement
Since Women’s Uprising Day in 1959, Tibetan women have played a crucial role in the movement for freedom in Tibet. Between 1959 and 1984, following the original founding of TWA on Women’s Uprising...
View ArticleA generation lost but not forgotten: The Silent Genocide
Source: Silent Genocide.WordPress.com A picture can paint a thousand words and in no way does that ring more true than in a recent exhibition titled ‘Silent Genocide’, which highlights the harrowing...
View ArticleAn Appeal to Apple’s CEO
On 2nd August, 2013, the Tibetan Women’s Association, an organization that encompasses 16,000 members in 56 regional chapters across four continents (Asia, America, Europe, and Australia) wrote an...
View ArticleJustice to the late self-immolator’s husband
To voice against recent tragic case of late self-immolator Kunchok Wangmo’s husband Dolma Kyab, TWA wrote appeal letter addressed to the UNHRC’s high commissioner Navanethem Pillay, UNICEF, the...
View ArticleG20 Leaders – Unite for Tibet
Tibetan NGOs urge G20 leaders to tackle Xi Jinping over failed policies and call for Multilateral Action for Tibet [DHARAMSALA] On the eve of the G20 summit, 5 Tibetan NGOs have sent a strong message...
View ArticleAppeals to the international bodies on Dec 10, 2013
In marking the 65th annual United Nations’ Human Rights Day, Central Tibetan Women’s Association earnestly requests the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Committee Against Torture, UN Women,...
View ArticleTWA observes the 65th annual United Nations’ Human Rights Day
2013 marks the 65th annual United Nations’ Human Rights Day and 64th year of Chinese occupation of Tibet, since 1949. Even after more than six decades of China’s violation of human rights in Tibet,...
View ArticleTWA urges the UN Delegation visiting China to heed to status of Tibetan Women...
The Tibetan Women’s Association [i] is pleased to learn that an experts team representing ‘United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice’ will undertake its first...
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