Bhutan and India October 2015
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(L-R) Queen Mother, Her Majesty Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, celebrate International Day of the Girl Child at the launch of NGO RENEW’s national outreach campaign for gender equality. Thimphu, Bhutan, 11 October 2015. RENEW empowers disadvantaged girls and women in Bhutan through education and skills development.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, and Director, Office of the Ambassador for Women and Girls, Felicity Volk, visit a shelter for women and children run by NGO RENEW, Thimphu, Bhutan, 12 October 2015. (With RENEW staff).
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, with Sonam Wanghuck, Secretary, Bhutan Gross National Happiness Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan, 12 October 2015.
Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling; Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck; Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja; Director, Office of the Ambassador for Women and Girls, Felicity Volk; Lyonpo Dorji Choden, Minister of Works and Human Settlement; and Mr Ari Nagar, Second Secretary Australian High Commission, New Delhi, at the Palace of the Fourth King of Bhutan. Thimphu, 11 October 2015.
Australian Ambassador to Bhutan, Patrick Suckling; Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck; and Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, Thimphu, Bhutan, 11 October 2015. The Queen Mother of Bhutan, Her Majesty Sangay Choden Wangchuck is the founder and Patron of RENEW (Respect, Educate, Nurture, and Empower Women) an Australian supported NGO dedicated to the empowerment of vulnerable women and girls in Bhutan.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital to announce Australian funding for the Hospital to support a computer centre which will train 50 young women per year to become ophthalmic paramedics. New Delhi, India, 13 October 2015.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital. New Delhi, India, 13 October 2015.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, visits Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital. New Delhi, India, 13 October 2015.
Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, delivers the closing address at a UNFPA conference on Child Marriage and Adolescent Pregnancy to mark International Day of the Girl Child. New Delhi, India, 13 October 2015.
(L-R) Rishi Suri, Editor, The Daily Milap; Australia’s Ambassador for Women and Girls, Natasha Stott Despoja; and Australian High Commissioner to India, Patrick Suckling. New Delhi, India, 13 October 2015.