Gender
Why Thailand's Women Are So Successful in Business (But Not Politics)
The Asian country where women hold 37 percent of leadership roles, compared with an average of 24 percent globally, may come as a surprise. In this same nation, women make up 40 percent of chief executives and 34 percent of chief financial officers.Keep reading ...
Randy Thanthong-Knight
Asia’s largest LGBTQ exhibition to open in Bangkok later this year
In keeping with the Kingdom’s progressive stance on LGBTQ rights, a major art exhibition exploring gender rights in Asia is to be staged in the capital.“Spectrosynthesis II- Exposure of Tolerance: LGBTQ in Southeast Asia”, the largest-ever survey of regional contemporary art, will explore gender issues ...
Phatarawadee Phataranawik
Cabinet endorses civil partnership bill
The cabinet has approved the civil partnership bill, paving the way for Thailand to become the first country in Asia to endorse same-sex marriage. In the current version of the bill, same-sex couples may adopt children, Nathporn Chatusripitak, an adviser to the Minister to Prime ...
Chatrudee Theparat
Thailand at forefront of push for LGBTI inclusion
Thailand could become the first government in Southeast Asia to officially recognise same-sex and transgender couples, with the final draft of a civil partnership bill expected to be concluded by the end of this year.Keep reading ...
Final public hearings planned for bill to legalize cohabitation of transgenders
Public hearings will be held in Bangkok and several other provinces on November 12-16 to gauge opinions from stakeholders about the partnership bill which will, for the first time in Thai history, legalize the cohabitation of transgenders.Keep reading ...
A race to close the inequality gap
Item 10 on the United Nations’ (UN) list of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is to reduce inequality by 2030. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) called income and gender inequality a growing global problem. The World Economic Forum (WEF) estimated it would take 217 years ...
Stephen Chin
Thai police academy bans women from enrolling and refuses to explain why
A prominent police academy in Thailand has banned women from enrolling – raising alarm for female rape victims as Thai law dictates women must be interviewed by female officers. The academy refused to explain why it decided to introduce the ban and simply said it was “policy”. “This is ...
Thailand Makes Bid To Become LGBT+ Tourism Hotspot
Thailand is hosting the very first LGBT+ Travel Symposium and has made a pledge to welcome more diverse travelers, establishing themselves as one of the most inclusive destinations in Asia. Keep reading ...
Challenges to gender equality in Thailand
Thailand’s formal commitment to women’s rights began in 1985 when it became a party to the key UN treaty on the subject: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).The country’s record was vetted by the monitoring committee under the ...
