BHUTAN TODAY The New Perspective

By Phurpa Wangmo After achieving more than 90 percent adult vaccine coverage, the Ministry of Health has now inoculated around 59,000 children aged between 12-17 with their first dose of coronavirus vaccine in the country. This figure makes up for 78.6 percent of the total children in the age bracket which is a healthy figure given that countries across the …

By Chimi Wangmo Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, youth unemployment in Bhutan was over four times higher than the overall national unemployment. “With half of the country’s population under the age of 27, the scale of the challenge was growing. And now, the economic fallout of the pandemic is hitting Bhutan’s youth hardest – destroying jobs and livelihoods, and …

The Prime Minister cautioned that 80 percent of the deaths attributed to covid-19 were reported in senior citizens globally Chimi Wangmo The Prime Minister during the Meet the Press session Friday cautioned that senior citizens were the most vulnerable to the wraths of covid-19. He said fatalities reported till date from across the globe revealed that almost 80 percent of …

By Chimi Wangmo As the UN community in Bhutan observed the World Humanitarian Day this week amidst the double crisis of COVID-19 and the impact of climate change, UN said Bhutan’s response to this double crisis, however, remains a beacon of hope for the world. The UN said that Bhutan’s response, which is guided by exceptional leadership and collective solidarity, …

Staff Reporter To standardize case management procedures for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases, UNICEF in Bhutan this week supported the National Commission for Women and Children (NCWC) and RENEW to develop guidelines on case management of GBV and a training package based on the guidelines. Using the training package, 16 RENEW CBSS volunteers from Haa, Paro, and Thimphu dzongkhags attended training …