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Women in Thailand

Index Women in Thailand

Women in Thailand were among the first women in Asia who were granted the right to vote in 1932. [1]

34 relations: Asia, Buddhism, Domestic violence, Europe, Gender inequality, Gender inequality in Thailand, House of Representatives (Thailand), Human trafficking, Kanitha Wichiencharoen, Labor relations, Monastery, Municipal law, National Assembly of Thailand, National Statistical Office (Thailand), Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Orapin Chaiyakan, Politics of Thailand, Prostitution in Thailand, Sex tourism, Sex trafficking in Thailand, Sexual harassment, Southeast Asia, Suffrage, Thai people, Thailand women's national cricket team, Thailand women's national football team, Thailand women's national handball team, Thailand women's national rugby union team, Thailand women's national volleyball team, The New York Times, Thita Manitkul, United States, Vietnam War, Yingluck Shinawatra.

Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Gender inequality

Gender inequality is the idea and situation that women and men are not equal.

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Gender inequality in Thailand

The social and economic changes in Thailand in the past decades have important implications for the quality and quantity of labor.

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House of Representatives (Thailand)

The House of Representatives (สภาผู้แทนราษฎร) was the lower house of the National Assembly of Thailand, the legislative branch of the Thai government.

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Human trafficking

Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.

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Kanitha Wichiencharoen

Khunying Kanitha Wichiencharoen (4 November 1920-13 May 2002) was a Thai lawyer and women's rights advocate until late in life when she became a maechee.

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Labor relations

Labor relations is a field of study that can have different meanings depending on the context in which it is used.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Municipal law

Municipal law is the national, domestic, or internal law of a sovereign state defined in opposition to international law.

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National Assembly of Thailand

The National Assembly of Thailand (รัฐสภา;; abrv: NAT) is the bicameral legislative branch of the government of Thailand.

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National Statistical Office (Thailand)

The National Statistical Office of Thailand (NSO) (สำนักงานสถิติแห่งชาติ) is the government of Thailand's official statistics surveyor.

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Nordic Institute of Asian Studies

Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (Nordisk Institut for Asien Studier), or NIAS for short, is a university Institute for Asian studies of Copenhagen University in Denmark.

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Orapin Chaiyakan

Orapin Chaiyakan was the first woman to be elected to hold a post in the Parliament of Thailand.

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Politics of Thailand

Until 22 May 2014 the politics of Thailand were conducted within the framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government and a hereditary monarch is head of state.

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Prostitution in Thailand

Prostitution in Thailand has been common in modern Thailand and its predecessor states for centuries.

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Sex tourism

Sex tourism is a phenomenon whereby a person travels away from his or her community to engage in sexual activity, particularly with prostitutes.

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Sex trafficking in Thailand

Trafficking in persons, as defined by the UN, is the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of deception, of the abuse of power or of position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation." Thailand is a source, destination, and transit country for human sex trafficking.

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Sexual harassment

Sexual harassment is bullying or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Suffrage

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).

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Thai people

Thai people or the Thais (ชาวไทย), also known as Siamese (ไทยสยาม), are a nation and Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, primarily living mainly Central Thailand (Siamese proper).

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Thailand women's national cricket team

The Thailand national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of Thailand in international women's cricket matches.

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Thailand women's national football team

The Thailand women's national football team (ฟุตบอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย) represents Thailand in international women's association football.

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Thailand women's national handball team

The Thailand women's national handball team is the national handball team of Thailand and takes part in international team handball competitions.

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Thailand women's national rugby union team

The Thailand women's national rugby union team is a national sporting side of Thailand, representing them at rugby union.

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Thailand women's national volleyball team

The women's national volleyball team of Thailand (วอลเลย์บอลหญิงทีมชาติไทย) represents the Thailand in international volleyball competitions.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thita Manitkul

Thita Manitkul (born Thitiya Rangsitpol on 8 November 1966) is a Thai politician and congresswoman who represented Thailand from 2001 to 2005.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Vietnam War

The Vietnam War (Chiến tranh Việt Nam), also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America (Kháng chiến chống Mỹ) or simply the American War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

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Yingluck Shinawatra

Yingluck Shinawatra (ยิ่งลักษณ์ ชินวัตร,,; born 21 June 1967), nicknamed Pu (ปู,, meaning "crab"), is a Thai businesswoman and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Thailand

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