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Gender Equity
We work to grow gender equity for Tibet by creating new platforms to amplify voices of marginalized people, especially for those who identify as women and non-binary. We also work with allies on promoting healthy masculinity and addressing gender inequity in all forms.
Our Programs
Expanding the public conversation on gender and equity 
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Machik Gender Workshop
MGW is a unique safe space to foster global community, resilience, and creativity for people who identify as Tibetan women and non-binary people, and to build solidarity with allies.
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Feminist Translations
Machik supports Tibetan women writers and the translation of key feminist writings into Tibetan language, such as Adichie's We Should All Be Feminists and the Domestic Violence Phrasebook.
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Healthy Masculinity
Machik is the first Tibetan group to host a training on healthy masculinity for people who identify as Tibetan men and we continue to grow the conversation to build ally-ship.
To learn more, contact [email protected]
Our Approach
Gender equity is in our organizational DNA
Strong communities begin with equal access to resources and opportunities for all. That is why Machik from the start has been committed to investing in the education of Tibetan women and girls, especially from rural areas. One of our main priorities is to innovate ways to level the structural inequities in Tibetan society.

We have pursued these goals not only through specific programs that address the special needs of Tibetans identifying as women – projects such as midwifery training – but also through longer term efforts to plant seeds for gender equity in community leadership.

In addition to having insisted on more than 50% girls enrollment of the Chungba Primary and Middle Schools and the Summer Enrichment Program, Machik created the Mother’s Wish Foundation to support education for over 2,000 girls and women from low-income rural families from middle school to PhDs. Based on the same values, our current approach on gender equity is to grow new spaces for the global conversation among Tibetans, Chinese, and global citizens. 
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Machik seeks gender equity by prioritizing education for girls and women.
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Innovative Tibetan women's journal founded by Professor Palmo Tso.
Machik helped usher in two landmark moments in the history of Tibetan women’s writing. In 2005, we sponsored the publication of the first ever anthology of contemporary Tibetan women’s writing to appear in any language. We also sponsored the development of the first Tibetan women’s quarterly magazine. Edited and produced by Tibetan women, in the Tibetan language, the Snowland Tibetan Women’s Journal created a new space for women’s voices.
Tibetan Women’s Writing Program
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From the Archives
Past gender equity programs
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Plateau Pads
This project promoted new cloth pad styles at SEP for rural girls and women.
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Mother's Wish: Opening Doors
Watch the video of the Mother's Wish Foundation's education work for girls and women. Video by Maddie Jorden.
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Women's Health
Midwifery training offered to rural health-care providers in Chungba.
Machik, 1203 K Street NW, Washington DC, USA, 20005  |   [email protected]  |  www.machik.org | tel: 771 250 6865

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  • About Machik
    • Our History
  • HEALTHCARE SERVICES
    • 2025 Machik Mammogram Screenings
    • 2024 Machik Mammogram Screenings
    • 2023 Machik Mammogram Screening
  • Machik Film Screenings
  • What We Do
    • Civic Engagement
    • Healthcare Services
    • Social Innovation
  • Machik Weekend
  • 2024 Mindful Walk for Machik
  • Stories
  • Get Involved
  • Donate
  • Shop