By Women, For Women : : A Study of Five Women's Organizations in Thailand / / Darunee Tantiwiraman, Shashi Ranjan Pandey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Tantiwiraman, Darunee,; Pandey, Shashi Ranjan,
• MitwirkendeR: Pandey, Shashi Ranjan,; Tantiwiramanond, Darunee,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1990]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 1990
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

An increasing number of women’s groups are working independently in Thailand to promote women’s rights. The aim of this study is to document the strategies adopted by a selection of these groups, and the programmes that they are implementing in Thailand, in order to understand how cultural specificity (of mobility and education) guides their participation, and how gender relations are formed and transformed. While attempting to synthesize the disparate data collected on Thai women and their organizations, the authors have tried to evolve an analytical framework to study the meaning and significance of women’s lives and efforts.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PART I. Background and Social Context -- I. Introduction: A Study of Thai Women and Their Organizations -- II. Dutiful but Overburdened Women in Thai Society -- III. Invisible Force Growth of Women's Collective Action -- PART II. Case Studies -- IV. Gold Leaf on a Buddha Image National Council of Women of Thailand -- V. Be Useful Girl Guides Association of Thailand -- VI. Emergency Home Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women -- VII. Legal Support Friends of Women -- VIII. Knowledge as a Tool Foundation For Women -- IX. Training and Education Committee of Women's Welfare Promotion, Hotline, and EMPOWER -- PART III. Conclusions -- X. A Hopeful Future Collective Efforts of Thai Women NGOs -- Appendix A. List of Presidents and Vice Presidents of NCWT (1959-91) -- Appendix B. Member Organizations of NCWT by Regions and Categories (1983-85) -- Appendix C. Socio-Economic Background of the Board and Committee Members of NCWT (1983-85) -- Appendix D. An Open Letter to the Japanese Prime Minister from Thai Women (1981) -- REFERENCES