By Women, For Women : : A Study of Five Women's Organizations in Thailand / / Darunee Tantiwiraman, Shashi Ranjan Pandey.
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 specifici...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1990] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 1990 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
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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