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The Kingdom of Bhutan (Druk Yul), literally the Land of the Thunder Dragon in the national language, is named after the violent storms that rage across the eastern Himalayas in which the country is nestled. Isolated from the outside world for centuries, Bhutan began to open its borders in the 1970s and since 2008 has undergone a transition towards parliamentary democracy. There are serious restrictions on civil and political rights in the country, including reports of the persecution of the Christian minority as well as Lhotshampa peoples.
Organisations in Bhutan
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- Attorneys for the Rights of the Child
- Bhutan Women and Children Organisation
- Bhutanese Refugee Support Group
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Child Helpline International
- Global Campaign for Education
- Global March Against Child Labour
- International Centre for Child and Youth Studies
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
- Regional Working Group on Child Labour
- UNESCO
- UNICEF - Bhutan
- Women's World Summit Foundation
