Ama Tsogspa
Ladakhi Women Help their Communities
The Ama Tsogspa, the Ladakhi term for groups of local women, have been tackling such community problems as the ever-increasing trash in some towns and helping to solve them. A news story in the Indian publication Business Standard last week translated “Ama Tsogspa” as “Mothers’ Alliances.” The report on the Ama Tsogspa opened with the […]
Super Confident Ladakhi Women
An Indian news story last Thursday included a paean of praise for the equality that exists between Ladakhi women and men, a situation that is unique in a country where female abortion and infanticide are still widely practiced. The reporter was clearly impressed upon arriving in Leh, the largest community in Ladakh. “When you first […]
