They use their skills to teach self-defence to young girls, educate others on human trafficking, and take environmental action never seen before in the region. These fiercely kind Drukpa nuns — aged 9 to 60 years — have been changing the lives of thousands of women in the Himalayas. Now, they are one of three finalists for the world-renowned Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize based in Europe, an honour for outstanding civil service in the defence of human rights. The maroon-robed nuns are from India and train at the Kathmandu-based Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery, established by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual head of the 1,year-old Drukpa Order based in the Himalayas, as warriors for peace. The Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery, located in the hills overlooking Kathmandu in Nepal and the largest in the Himalayas, is a unique instance of gender reversal where the nuns run the administration and perform nearly all the maintenance tasks, including construction work, a job historically reserved for the monks. The nuns, waking up at 3 a.


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When people make sweeping, ethnocentric statements such as "China, Thailand, Indonesia — pretty much all of Asia — are hot beds of patriarchy where women are inferior beings, subservient to the males in their life and denied subject status," it's always irksome. This is not just because it stereotypes the Asian male, but also because it implies that the Asian female is so weak that she is incapable both of knowing what her rights are or of taking them by force. As always, however, if you want a lesson in what a culture stands for, look to their movies.




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