Campaigns

As an NGO accountable to half the Tibetan population, TWA feel it is our duty to use our platform to speak out on issues important to our fellow women. This has included campaigns against the abduction of the Panchen Lama, a campaign to boycott Chinese goods, and campaigns against infringements of basic human rights facing Tibetans both inside Tibet and in exile.

We also partner with other human rights and Tibetan NGOs to endeavour to provide information on the largely unheard stories of Tibet’s many political prisoners. We campaign for fair and open trials, the cessation of torture as a widespread method of forced confession, an end of arbitrary arrests, and the release of all of  those unfairly imprisonned.

Such atrocities against Tibetans’ rights under Chinese occupation have been going on for so many decades, the issues can fade from the public eye – we hope that continued campaigning will shame the Chinese government and encourage multi-lateral intervention on Tibet from international governments. Below you can see recent campaigns from TWA.

Some campaign work may overlap with our international lobbying work (see International Presence) or our other key activities – Women in Tibet, Women’s Empowerment and the Environment. On the other hand, other campaigns may run independently according to current issues facing Tibetans.

Recent Campaigns news:

• Mothers Call for their Son Panchen Lama

  
  05-05-2012 On 16 April 2012, a resolution was passed during the 10th General Body Meeting held from 11 –16 April 2012 by the Tibetan Women’s Association. On that day the Tibetan Women’s Association Central Executive Committee and Regional Chapters decided to organize a day long Campaign called - ‘Mothers Call for their Son Panchen Lama’ on 17th May 2012. This day marks the 17th year since the Abduction of His Holiness 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima on17th May 1995. TWA resolv...
  
  
  



• TWA event hijacked by police officials, writer Tenzin Tsundue arrested and detained

  
  03-27-2012 New Delhi, March 27, 2012: Writer Tenzin Tsundue was arrested and taken away by Delhi police officials while leading a discussion panelorganised by the TWA, on President Hu Jintao’s visit to India. A writer and winner of the 2001 of the Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction, Tenzin is a renowned Tibetan activist and was joined by three other notable individuals in an academic discu...
  
  
  



• TWA to organize Crucial Panel Discussion on India-China-Tibet relations on the eve of Chinese President Hu Jintao's India visit

  
  03-25-2012 TWA to hold a CRUCIAL PANEL DISCUSSION - An Academic Dialogue: What Does the Tibetan Leverage Mean for India Today? In preparation for Chinese President Hu Jintao’s crucial visit to New Delhi, the Tibetan Women’s Association is hosting an “Academic Dialogue” to present imperative viewpoints to decision-makers and the public. The three-hour discussion (3 pm to 6 pm, including hi-tea) will occur on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Casuarina hall, Gate number 3, at the India Habitat Centre, N...
  
  
  



• Exile Women observe United Nations World Water Day

  
  03-23-2012 POST EVENT PRESS RELEASE Exile Women observe United Nations World Water Day Dharamsala, 22nd March: Today on ‘United Nations World Water Day,’ Women’s Environment & Development Desk (WEDD) of Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) spearheaded a signature drive for the petition titled ‘Nomads for a Planetary Third Pole’ [1]at McLeod Ganj. WEDD received good response from people and gathered around 600 on-ground signatures i...
  
  
  



• Torment of finding her missing brother causes woman to die from 'emotional shock'

  
  03-22-2012 Dharamshala, March 22. A Tibetan woman has collapsed and died after confronting Chinese officials over the whereabouts and status of her missing brother. A statement released from the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) revealed the unnamed woman had previously approached the Chinese Security Office on numerous occasions for information regarding his status or location...
  
  
  



• On World Water Day let’s raise our voice to protect Tibet’s water. Sign this petition & TAKE ACTION!

  
  03-20-2012 On 22nd March ‘World Water Day’, Women’s Environment and Development Desk (WEDD) of Tibetan Women’s Association is running a petition drive titled ‘Nomads for Planetary Third Pole’ which was successfully launched at the Buddhist Kalachakra teaching in Bodh Gaya. 3500+ signatures were gathered at Bodhgaya which is also available online. One petition is addressed to the Environment Ministries of the ten downstream nations excluding China. These are ten countries in Asia namely: China, ...