Docu Women Monks Fight for Equality in Thailand

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Docu Women Monks Fight for Equality in Thailand

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Woman Monk's Fight for Equality in Thailand by Biel Calderon. A very short documentary, weighing in at just over 5 minutes, about former university professor Chatsumarn Kabilsingh's reestablishment of bkikkhuni ordination in Thailand.

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As I recall Ayya Khema did a lot of good work for Buddhist nuns and their plight. Around 1990 she co-ordinated the first International Conference of Buddhist Nuns in the history of Buddhism, which resulted in the setting-up of Sakyadhita, a worldwide Buddhist women's organisation. H.H. the Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the conference.
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Kirtu, thank you for finding all these wonderful documentaries and posting them here. Much appreciated!

I love the ending line of this one: "If women can be mothers, they can be anything."

:namaste:

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"I love the ending line of this one: "If women can be mothers, they can be anything." Indeed it is a lovely statement but in reality most governments encourage women back to the workforce as soon as possible (but where are all these jobs?) which means babies and small children are farmed out and put into creches in ever increasing numbers meaning others are actually rearing and nurturing your offspring.
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