Thailand’s Women’s Development Strategy 2017–2021 seeks an equal society free from discrimination, with women enjoying good quality of life, security and participation in national development. Approved by the Cabinet on 26 September 2017, it establishes five strategies: changing social attitudes towards gender equality; empowering women and expanding participation; creating enabling conditions; preventing risks and providing protection and remedies; and strengthening women’s development mechanisms. The measures pescribed in the pocily document promote gender-sensitive education and communication, lifelong learning, vocational skills, digital literacy and access to health and public services. They support women’s economic security, access to financial resources, leadership and participation in economic, social and political decision-making. The measures on the field of labour address workplace safety, equal wages for comparable work, legal protection and complaint channels. The Strategy gives particular attention to disadvantaged women and women of different ages. Legal and institutional measures include: to review discriminatory rules, promote gender-responsive budgeting and sex-disaggregated information, and strengthen coordination and personnel capacity. Protection measures address domestic and other violence, sexual abuse and trafficking through prevention, enforcement, assistance and rehabilitation. They also seek to reduce poverty and inequality among vulnerable women, including older women without support and women with disabilities.
Thailand · 2017-09-26