Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016)

Increasing Women's Role in the Democratic Process: Lessons Learned from Thailand's 1997 Constitutional Reform and Thailand's 2001 General Election

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Mr. Irhamna
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Mr. Irhamna
Available Online November 2016.
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10.2991/icosop-16.2017.16How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Women, political participation, gender equality, civil society organizations, constitution, Thailand
Abstract

This article examines the role of Women and Constitution Network (WCN) in Thailand's 1997 constitutional legislation process. To be specific, the introduction of gender equality article, and its application in Thailand's 2001 General Election. This study uses qualitative methods to analyze the role of WCN in the legislation process of gender equality article. This study finds the law of gender equality is givin an opportunity to increase women political participation in Thailand. Through the constitutional guarantee of gender equality and support from civil society organizations, women's political participation is increased in Thailand's 2001 General Election.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social and Political Development (ICOSOP 2016)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-319-7
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icosop-16.2017.16How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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