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Thailand: PM Promotes Thailand as Gateway to the Region

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2012-02-01 22:31

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The Thai prime minister Yingluck Sinawatra said that women were a strong symbol of non-violence and would play important roles in bringing about political reconciliation in Thailand as part of her opening remkarks at the 42nd World Economic Forum (WEF). 

She called for an end to women's inequity and violence in society. She said women had positive features that could better society - such as attention to details and good understanding, and attention to children and youth.

Speaking to hundreds at the international WEF audience, Yingluck said that her government had set up a fund to support women and to promote universal education for girls.

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Read the complete story at The Nation, published 29 January 2012.


International Executive Media and TV Workshop (IEMTW) Bangkok

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Submitted by mbouhafa on Tue, 2012-01-24 08:25
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City & Province/State: 
Bangkok
Country: 
Thailand
Venue: 

The Landmark Hotel, Bangkok

Description: 

The International Executive Media and TV Workshop (IEMTW) is CDC’s flagship course. It is an intensive three day course targeted at communication practitioners, technical project staff and media focal points working for UN agencies; civil society organizations; and public institutions.  It specifically addresses gender dimensions of media interviews, and CDC has used this curriculum to train women politicians in Tunisia and Mongolia. see http://www.cendevcom.org/workshops_and_training/international-executive-media-and-tv-workshops/


Asia Pacific Feminist Forum

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-10-28 07:55
2011-12-12
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City & Province/State: 
Chiang Mai
Country: 
Thailand
Venue: 

Furama Hotel

54 Huay Keaw Road, Muang Chiang Mai 50300
Tel: (66) 5341 5222 Fax: (66) 5341 5200
 

Description: 

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This event will bring together 100-150 activists- women lawyers, academics, advocates and youth leaders. It will be an occasion to celebrate our collective achievements, reflect on our challenges and political climates, deepen feminist knowledge and analysis, strengthen our sisterhood, solidarity and collaboration, and reaffirm our resolve to advance women’s rights.

 

Workshops:

Workshops will be divided into four categories:

1. Knowledge building: to share new scholarship, analysis, and understandings in key areas of challenges confronting the women’s movement in the region

2. Skills building: to share successful strategies and skills in advocacy for reform

3. Movement building: to share successful efforts at building our movement across nations or regions. Discussions on what has worked for the movement.

4. Our well-being: Massage, dance, songwriting workshops, and other creative workshops for our well-being

Find more information at this link.


Call for Applications: Asia Pacific Feminist Forum

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-10-28 07:35
2011-10-28
2011-11-04
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City & Province/State: 
Chiang Mai
Country: 
Thailand
Description: 

The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) will hold the first ever Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF) on 12-14 December 2011 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The APFF will bring together women activists, lawyers, academics, advocates and youth leaders to celebrate our collective achievements, reflect on our challenges and shifting political environments, deepen feminist knowledge and analysis, strengthen our sisterhood, solidarity and collaboration and reaffirm our resolve to advance women’s rights.

For more information visit the APWLD website. 

Workshops will focus on:

1.  Knowledge building: to share new scholarship, analysis, and understandings in key areas of challenges confronting the women’s movement in the region.

2. Skills building: to develop strategies and practical skills that can aid women’s rights advocacy.

3. Movement building: to strengthen collaboration across nations or regions and build new movements that reflect current challenges.

4. Our Well-being: Massage, dance, song writing workshops, and other creative workshops for our well being.


Thailand: Asia's top women keep it in the family -- for now

Submitted by mgidarjati on Thu, 2011-08-11 22:04

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Thailand's first female prime minister will this week join a long list of Asian women leaders whose power stems from family ties, with analysts saying the trend is a mixed blessing for equality.

Analysts believe the phenomenon has much more to do with the prevalence of political dynasties in the region than improvements in gender equality.

Paul Chambers, senior research fellow at Payap University in the Thai city of Chiang Mai, said traditionally Asian women were "not supposed to be political leaders" in the region's "macho", patriarchal culture.

But "under-developed" political parties that enable wealthy families to dominate have created opportunities for women -- as a last resort.

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For more reading, please visit: AFP


Thailand: Thai women cheer first female prime minister

Submitted by mgidarjati on Wed, 2011-07-27 20:59

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After six prime ministers in six years of sometimes bloody political upheaval, Thais might be excused for shrugging their shoulders about voting in number seven. But this time there's one big difference. The new prime minister will be a woman, the first to hold the position in Thailand. 

Yingluck Shinawatra, a 44-year-old businesswoman who wasn't even in politics two months ago, is poised to get the top job after the stunning election victory of Puea Thai (For Thais), whose de facto leader is her brother, fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.

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For more information, please visit: Reuters


Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra set to be Thailand's first female premier

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Mon, 2011-07-11 01:41

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Yingluck Shinawatra was poised to become Thailand's first female prime minister Sunday after her party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the nation's general elections.

The official tally had not yet been completed, but with more than 90 percent of votes counted Sunday night, Yingluck's Pheu Thai party had won 262 seats in the country's 500-seat parliament.

Minutes before, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva conceded that she had won.

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To read the full article, please visit CNN.  


Burma: The Lady’s Turn

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2011-07-07 05:47

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Here in Thailand, history was made on July 3 when the Pheu Thai Party’s landslide victory left Yingluck Shinawatra, a woman who had just recently entered politics, primed to become the country’s first female prime minister. But back in Burma, the Lady who has been leading her country’s pro-democracy struggle for two decades appears unlikely to ever reach the same pinnacle of the political system.

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Read the whole article at Irrawaddy


Thailand: First female PM no victory for feminism

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2011-07-05 08:42

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BANGKOK;Thailand is set to get its first female premier in Yingluck Shinawatra, but observers say her victory as her famous brother's political proxy cannot be seen as a milestone for women's rights.

Virtually unknown just two months ago, Yingluck led the Puea Thai party to a stunning victory Sunday, but she largely owes her meteoric rise to her fugitive brother, former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who controls the party from abroad.

As a result, Thai feminists are reluctant to claim Yingluck’s poll win as a triumph for equality, saying her victory is less about breaking glass ceilings and more about riding on the coat-tails of a man.

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For more information, read the whole article at global nation


Thailand: Despite an edict of 'fair' ratios of men and women candidates, no parties toe the line

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Fri, 2011-06-03 08:50

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The 2011 election-related organic laws require that every political party has to give due consideration to an "appropriate ratio" between and equal opportunities for men and women candidates. However, the laws do not stipulate a ratio that would be considered fair.

According to Women Reshaping Thailand (WREST), an alliance comprised of long-time and well-known women's rights activists, the five largest political parties, all of which have nominated the full quota of 125 candidates for their party lists, have failed to uphold a fair ratio of men and women candidates.

The organisation stated women accounted for less than 40% of all the five groups' party lists, and most of them had far fewer than that.

If the top 50 slots on each party's list are counted - the higher the ranking, the better the chance of being elected - the best ratio drops to a mere 25%, the group noted.

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To read the complete news story please visit Bangkok Post.