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The narrowing of the gender gap in Thailand from 1985-2005 was mainly the result of a narrowing of the gender education gap due to a substantial increase in Thai women's education. [ 4 ] The secondary school enrollment rate of women was 78.44% in 2011, up from 13.45% in 1973, whereas the secondary school enrollment rate of men was 69.86% in ...
The Marriage Equality Act, the first law of its kind in Southeast Asia, redefines marriage as a partnership between two individuals of any gender and grants same-sex couples the legal rights of ...
Feminism in the 1970s in the Thai state gained momentum through the 1974 constitutional change of an Equal Rights Protection Law. The Equal Rights Protection Law was the first in Thai history to focus on women's issues and gender equality. This law was a foundational step towards the proliferation of women's groups in the Thai State. [6]
Hundreds of same-sex couples are tying the knot across Thailand on Thursday as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to recognize marriage equality.. The landmark bill marks a momentous ...
These included the Marriage Equality Bill proposed by the opposition Move Forward Party, which would have amended the Civil and Commercial Code to include couples of any gender, and a government-proposed civil partnership bill, which would have instead introduced civil partnerships as a separate category, granting some, but not all, of the ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand's Senate passed the final reading of a marriage equality law on Tuesday, paving the way for it to become the first country in Southeast Asia to recognise same-sex couples.
A female vendor Ethnic woman, northern Thailand. Women in Thailand were among the first women in Asia who were granted the right to vote in 1932. They are underrepresented in Thai politics. [3] [4] Yingluck Shinawatra, a woman, was prime minister from 2011 to 2014. Factors that affect women's participation in the socio-economic field include ...
Thailand will become the first nation in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage after the kingdom’s Senate approved a marriage equality bill on Tuesday, with supporters calling it a ...