National Gender Equality Policy (NGEP) 2020.

The Policy provides an overarching framework and foundation for women's empowerment in which the fundamental rights are equally bestowed on men and women, abuse of rights is not tolerated and discrimination against women and children is eliminated. The Policy envisions a society where substantive equality is practised, equal opportunities for women and men, and boys and girls are provided to achieve their full potential and benefit equitably from the social, economic and political development in the country. The purpose of the NGEP is to provide an effective framework within which laws, policies, programmes and practices ensure equal rights, opportunities and benefits for women and men in the family, community, workplace and in society at large. The policy serves as a guiding document which echoes and reaffirms the commitment of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to ensure the achievement of substantive equality through gender responsive policies, plans and programmes.
The key policy objectives of the NGEP are to: (1) Provide a coherent strategic framework for the government’s priority on gender equality; (2) Strengthen accountability and operational strategies to address priority gender issues; (3) and Facilitate stronger collaboration across sectors and stakeholders towards a common vision of gender equality. The text further provides for gender equality in the political and public domain, social domain, economic domain, implementation and operational strategies and institutional structures. The text further lays out a monitoring system and evaluation plan, reporting and reviewing mechanism. The Policy contains 10 Sections.