Fra mandag (16.-22. april) får Dansk Institut for Flerpartisamarbejde (DIPD) besøg af en kvindelig parlamentariker og et filmhold fra Bhutan. Her mødes de med fremtrædende kvindelige politikere, der vil fortælle om deres liv som politisk aktive og kampen for danske kvinders politiske deltagelse.
De danske politikere er Lone Dybkjær (R), Astrid Krag (SF), Lene Espersen (K), Pia Olsen Dyhr (SF), Gitte Lillelund Bech (V) og Joy Mogensen,der er borgmester i Roskilde.
Derudøver mødes de asiatiske gæster med direktøren for kvinderetsnetværket KVINFO, Elisabeth Møller Jensen
Møderne filmes og er en central del af dokumentarfilmsprojektet ’Yes, Madam Minister’, der forsøger at inspirere Bhutans kvinder og afkræfte nogle af de fordomme, der ofte eksisterer omkring kvinders politiske deltagelse og lederskab.
Dokumentarfilmen produceres af KCD Productions fra Bhutan med støtte fra Institut for Flerpartisamar-bejde/ Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy.
Fra DIPDs pressemeddelelse:
Is Bhutan ready to say “Yes, Madam Minister!”? Possibly a step closer following this coming week, when a female parliamentarian from Bhutan is visiting Denmark to meet with prominent Danish women in politics to discuss their political careers and how to support to women’s political ambitions.
In Bhutan, less than 14 per cent of the members of Parliament are women. At local level, women’s political representation is even more of a struggle with less than 5 per cent of elected leaders in 2011 being women.
To support the political aspirations of women in Bhutan, DIPD in 2011 agreed to support a series of media activities to be produced by KCD Productions.
A key element is the documentary film “Yes, Madam Minister!” (La! Aum Lyonchen), which seeks to inspire women of Bhutan and address the image of women as somehow unsuited for politics.
According to KCD Productions Kesang Chaki Dorjee, the main goal is to get policy makers and the public in Bhutan to realize the vast potential still untapped, and address some of the cultural perceptions that continue to be a hurdle for women’s political participation.
Denmark – Lessons Learned
Bhutan and Denmark are of course different, but both geographically small democracies and constitutional monarchies. Through featuring prominent Danish Politicians, the idea is to inspire women of Bhutan and show the importance of female political leadership.
Denmark has come a long way since the right to vote for women was introduced in 1915. Today, close to 40% of the members of the Danish Parliament are women, and in 2011 Denmark elected its first female Prime Minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt from the Social Democrats.
The female Parliamentarian from Bhutan, Hon. Sangay Zam, member of the National Council, and the KCD film crew visiting Denmark next week will meet with several of Denmark’s leading women in politics:
Mayor of Roskilde, Joy Mogensen; and Director of the Danish women’s rights organisation, Kvinfo, Elisabeth Møller Jensen.
See also introduction to “Yes, Madam Prime Minister” and more information about DIPD activities in Bhutan.
Contact Director Bjørn Førde at [email protected] if more information is needed.
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Line Holmung, Project Officer
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