Gendered Issue in traditional Society

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"When you educate a man, you educate a person, when you educate a woman, you educate a family". This age old wisdom is shared by many in today's world. I dont know how the importance of educating girl child even dawned to a Tibetan woman. But the fact is some Tibetan NGOs doing a fantastic projects in Tibet, targeting Tibetan girl as their ultimate goal. I had attended a presentation by a Tibetan young girl, who has been invited by Machik in Washingtong D.C.  It was thrilling experience for me to see a young Tibetan girl speaking fluent English and presenting a well organized and well researched information on the topic of gendered issue in Tibetan traditional society. As a Tibetan herself, doing a presention on such a controversial and rather queer subject must have been challenging.


But here she was in the Capital of world's most powerful nation, and advocating for woman's equal rights. That is indeed amazing, and I was awestruck.

Machik, is NGO that does outreach project, aiming to educate more rural Tibetan girl children. I am not that familiar with its projects. But quick peek through its brochures, gives you an idea of the organization's direction and objectives. I had personal experience with Tibetan girl children, how they are denied the rights that is reserverd for boys, such as schooling etc. If my sister if got the opportunity to attend a school, and if she ever got the same kind of attention as myself, she would have more confident and more intelligent and more capable than being a illiterate at over age 45 or . Her life was made difficult, merely because she was denied some basic human rights. So I extremely liked, Organization like Machik, focusing on girls education.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's first major step after arriving in exile was to ensure that Tibetan children were properly educated and schooled.  I obsolutely agree without a good education for Tibetans, we will not be able to continue with our struggle.  Education is key to fully realize ones potentional to serve the society and self.
The girl's name was Lhamo Tsok. She appears to be a typical Tibetan girl and unusual socialable, thanks to the education she recieved. She is short and her cheeks is reddish, and has the appearance of a windy weather has  beaten it. The skill, confident and the fluency in her delivering is awesome. She was a living testament of what is possible, when a girl is educated. Undoubtedly, they are no less capble than a man.

She was invited to present on the topic Gendered issue in Tibetan traditional society  probably the Machik . She handled the topic deftly and skillfully with salient sense of human and a sporadic injection of personal anecdote. The content is rich and well done.She used familiar  Tibetan story and ancient tale to analyze her points and illustrate her thoughts.
What appeals me by her presentation, she is a well prepared a speech and spoke expressively and clearly.

Is it the right approach? It is hard to say, how much is the gender issue, a really issue in Tibetan society. Since a I am Tibetan myself I might be prejudiced agaisnt this topic. Eventhough the topic shouldnt be a taboo, I also believe the gender issue shouldnt be too politicized, to the point where its very purpose will lose its lustre.  It is alright approach that girls rights should be equal of that boys, but it is little too inflated to say, that the girls rights are trampled and it requires news law and so on.   Since both boy and girl should be given equal rights. They should able be walk the talk .

My impression on the gendered issue is a eye-openning. I have thought less and less about this.  The best thing to realized is when you are educating a boy, you educationa person, when you educaitona girl, you are educating a society.....