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From the editor.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... This issue of the Women's Studies Knowledge from Thailand is long overdue. Its late delivery, however, reflects a reality, which we believe, is shared by many women's studies centers and programs in Thailand and the world over. After the...

Setting up a graduate women's studies program in Thailand: the M.A. Program in Women's Studies at Chiangmai University. (Women's Studies Education in Thailand).
January 1, 2001... THAILAND AND THE WORLD'S WOMEN'S STUDIES EDUCATION For women's studies practitioners working outside Western Europe and North America, the charge that women's studies is trivial and a Western import sounds so painfully familiar. For...

Thailand's first senatorial election(s): Facts and figures from Matichon Weekly. (Reports On Thai Political Developments).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Translated from "Expensive but Worthwhile?: 200 Senators at the price of THB 2,300 Million" Matichon Weekly, 31 July 2000 Finally Thailand received its 200th senator on 27 July 2000, Ms Wilawan Tanwattanapong. She was the winner whose...

Women make few gains in senate. (Reports On Thai Political Developments).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Note: This article was written before the Central Election Committee refused to endorse certain winning candidates and called for by-elections. In the by-elections, many women candidates who won the first election failed to gain enough votes...

Womens's political participation: Housewife societies. (Reports On Thai Political Developments).
January 1, 2001... Translated from Nidhi Eowsriwongse, "Housewife Societies," Matichon Weekly 19.1008 (14 December 1999): 47. Notes on the translation: While attempts have been made to keep Nidhi's original voices and views, some addition, clarification and...

Woman and democracy. (Tidbits On Thai Women's Movements).
January 1, 2001... POLITICS: Women are a minority in national politics, and cultural prejudices against women are still very much at work, but this does not mean there is a lack of activism at the grassroots level. There is one thing the Parliament and the...

We do ill to forget these women. (Tidbits On Thai Women's Movements).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... When women workers from Thai Durable Textile, or Thai Kriang, took to the streets last week, their protests caused a traffic snarl that sparked angry rebukes from Bangkokians. But since [Thailand's] Mother's Day [12 August] is coming up,...

Brand Age Market Survey: Public opinion on gender equality. (Tidbits On Thai Women's Movements).
January 1, 2001... "Equality" is a political construct. In Thailand, public debates and social movements have evolved around the theme of equality since the overthrow of the Siamese absolute monarchy in 1932. Until now, equality has served as a central feature...

Summary and translation of teerapong sirichannun and raweewan niputprasart, "research: Brand names and feminine product purchasing behaviours" Brand Age 1.1 (May 2000); 96-106. (Tidbits On Thai Women's Movements).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... During the bubble economy in the early 1990s, brand-name product purchasing was popular in Thailand, especially among upper middle class women in Bangkok. Brand names such as Armani, Versace, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Tag Heuer, and Rolex have...

Reproductive health and rights: Emergency contraceptive pills is Thailand. (Tidbits On Thai Women's Movements).
January 1, 2001... Min Min Lama was just 13 years-old when she was sentenced to 20 years in jail. Her crime? To have been raped by a relative, become pregnant and selected to have an abortion, which is illegal in her home country of Nepal. The rapist was...

Unveiling the Issues: Pakistani Women's Perspectives on Social, Political and Ideological Issues. (Book Reviews).
January 1, 2001... Khan, Nighat Said and Afiya Sherbhano Zia, eds. Unveiling the Issues: Pakistani Women's Perspectives on Social, Political and Ideological Issues. Lahore, Pakistan: ASR Publications, 1995. In April 1995, in preparation for the Beijing UN...

Chumchon Kha Praveni (The Prostituting Community).
January 1, 2001... Niwat Suwanphattana. Chumchon Kha Praveni (The Prostituting Community). Chiangmai, Thailand: Women's Studies Center, Chiangmai University, 1998. (In Thai). Niwat Suwanphatthana, the author of The Prostituting Community, has been involved...