2000 Gender and Development in Thailand

Section E - Selected research and publications on Women and Development produced in Thailand during 1994-1999

Amara Pongsapich and Wimolsiri Jamnarnwej, Sociolegal Status of Women in Thailand, Thailand National Commission on Women's Affairs, 1998

Ambhorn Meesook, George A. Attig, and Pensri Phijaisanit, "Women, Health and Development in Thailand", National Committee on Women, Health and the Environment National Commission on Women's Affairs.

Chintana Pejaranonda, Sureerat Santipaporn, and Philip Guest, "Rural - Urban Migration in Thailand", in Trends, Patterns and Implications of Rural-Urban Migration in India, Nepal and Thailand, Asian Population Studies series No. 138, United Nations, New York, 1995, pp. 171-243.

Churairat Chandamrong, ed., Impact of Technological Changes on the Employment Situation of Women Workers in the Thai Textile Industry, Women and Youth Studies Program, Thammasat University, Bangkok, 1994 (in Thai).

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Women in Thailand. A Country Profile, Statistical Profiles, United Nations.

Joint Public-Private Committee for Solving Economic Problems, "A White Paper on Increasing International Competitive Capability", January 1995 (in Thai).

Jongsathityu, Juajan, "A report on the Status of Women in Education, Employment and Culture", paper presented at the Second Women's Congress, National Commission on Women's Affairs, Bangkok, Thailand March 1996 (in Thai).

Manophimoke, Supachit, "Thai Women and Environment Problem: A Gender Perspective on Impact and Participation," paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies, Chiangmai, 1996.

Mills, Mary Beth, "Working for Wages in Bangkok, Reworking Gender and Family in the Countryside," paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies, Chiangmai, 1996.

Nawarat, Nongyao, "Promotion of Women in Local Government in Thailand," in Anne Seyfferth, ed., Women Claim Their Rights in Local Politics: Strategies to Increase Women's participation in Local Government and Administration in South and Southeast Asia, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bangkok, Thailand, 1994, pp. 117-141.

Network of Women in the Informal Sector, The Informal Sector Workers and Thailand's Economic Development, Bangkok, 1996 (in Thai).

Phananiramai, Mattana, Population and Economic Development in Thailand: Their Implications on Women's Status, Thailand Development Research Institute, 1997.

Phongpaichit Pasuk, Piriyarangsanan, and Treerat Nualnoi, "Challenging social exclusion: Rights and livelihood in Thailand," International Institute for Labour Studies, United Nations Development Program.

Pichaisanit, Pensri, "A Report on Women's Health and Environmental Status," paper presented at the Second Women's Congress, National Commission on Women's Affairs, Bangkok, Thailand, March 1996 (in Thai).

Prapapun, Yada, "Small and Medium Enterprises in Thailand: the Effects of Trade Liberalization on SMEs and Women Workers in Thailand," paper presented at a Conference on Women and Trade, Bangkok, 1996.

Sirisambhand, Napat, Social Security for Women in the Informal Sector in Thailand, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bangkok, 1996.

Somswasdi Virada, "Some Pertinent Legal and Social issues on Women in Thailand," Women's Studies Center, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, March 1997.

Sopchokechai, Orapin, "A Report on the Status of Women in Social and Political Affairs," paper presented at the Second Women's Congress, National Commission on Women's Affairs, Bangkok, March 1996 (in Thai).

Spielmann, Sobha. "Traditional, Present and Future Role of Women in Thai Society." Background Notes to a panel on Development of Rights of Women and Youths at a Symposium on Democracy, Quality of Life and Human Rights within 20 Years, Bangkok, October 1996.

Thai Women Watch, Thailand's NGO CEDAW Report 1998, February, 1999

_____, The Thailand NGO Report for Beijing Plus Five for The Asia Pacific Regional NGO Symposium, Nakonpathom, Thailand, August 1999

Thailand, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, "Report of the Seminar on Role of Women in Industrial Development," Department of Skills Development, Bangkok, February 1996 (in Thai).

_____, Report of a Workshop on Participation in Training for Thai Women, Department of Skills Development and the Asian Development Bank, Bangkok, October 1996 (in Thai).

Thailand, National Commission on Women's Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Thailand's Report on The Status of Women and Platform for Action, NCWA, Bangkok 1995.

_____, Women of Thailand, a Special Issue of the Newsletter of the National Commission on Women's Affairs, September 1995.

_____, Perspective Policies and Planning for the Development of Women (1992-2011), Thailand, 1996.

_____, Thailand's Combined Second and Third Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Bangkok, July 1996.

_____, Women's Development Plan during the Period of the Eighth National Economic and Social Development Plan, Bangkok, 1997 (in Thai).

_____, Statistics on Women and Men in Thailand, May 1999

Thailand National Statistical Office, Office of the Prime Minister, Statistical Booklet on Thai Women and Men, August 1995.

Thomson, Sheila Sukonta, "Thai Women in Local Politics," Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Gender and Development Research Institute.

Thailand Development Research Institute Foundation, "A Final report on Demand for Skilled Labor during the Eighth Economic and Social Development Plan (1997-2001)," May 1997 (in Thai).

Theobald, Sally, "Walking on a Tightrope: Women Workers' Perceptions and Reactions to Industrial Environment Hazard in Northern Thailand," paper presented at the Sixth International Conference on Thai Studies, Chiangmai, 1996.

Thomson, Suteera and Maytinee Bhongsvej, Profile of Women in Thailand, UN-ESCAP, Bangkok, 1995.

_____, "Asian Women in Manufacturing: Old Problems, New Challenges," in Global Employment: An Analytical lnvestigation into the Future of Work, Mihaly Simai, ed., Zed Books Ltd., and United Nations University Press, pp. 167-181, Tokyo, 1995.

_____, "Toward the Third Decade of Women's development in Thailand: Progress, Problems and Prospects," paper presented at a conference on Strategies for Women's Development and the Status of Women in Thailand, Bangkok, 1995 (in Thai).

Women, Health and Development in Thailand, A Resource Book for Strategic Planning and Policy-Making,

Yunibhand, Jintana, ed., "Advancement of Thai Women in 1996," Thai Women Watch and the National Council of Women of Thailand, Bangkok, 1997.