UN WOMEN,

DELEGATE OF THAILAND , POSITION PAPER

COMMITTE : UN WOMEN

AGENDA ITEM : DEVISING MEASURES TO PROMOTE INCOME

SECURITY AND ECONOMIC AUTONOMY.

COUNTRY : THAILAND

ABOUT THE COUNTRY: Thailand,historically known as Siam and officially the

Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the center of the
Indochinese Peninsula, spanning 513,120 square kilometres (198,120 sq mi), with a
population of almost 70 million. The country is bordered to the north by Myanmar and
Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and
Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the extremity of Myanmar. The 'Land
of Smiles', is known for it hospitality, beautiful beaches, historical places and eco-
attractions, its world-famous cuisine, good infrastructure and affordable
accommodation. Thailand is the world's 50th largest country, with a total area of
513,120 sq km and holding about 70.22 million people in 2022. Thailands economy is
the 26th largest economy globally in terms of nominal gross domestic product (GDP)
and is the second-largest economy in Southeast Asia (SEA), behind Indonesia in terms
of GDP at PPP at $1,261 bn.

SOME ISSUES & OUR COUNTRY POLICY ON THE MATTER : In thailand 45.5 percent of
the female labor force in the entire system, Broken down by sector, women make up:
42.6 percent of the agricultural labor force , other than that the education rate of women
Between 2006 until 2008, It decreases steadily by 97.08 percent, 90.04 percent and
89.79 percent of total women’s school-age populations respectively and because of
lesser opportunities to women prostitution is very common their .Thailand has legally
advanced women’s rights and gender equality through its ratification of the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1985 and
its Optional Protocol in 2000, endorsed the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) in 1995,
and committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Thailand has
made significant efforts to integrate the international principles and instruments into
legislation and policy, evident in the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560
(2017), which clearly specifies that ‘men and women shall enjoy equal rights’. The
Gender Equality Act 2015, which was enacted in 2015, established a Committee to
Promote Gender Equality (CPGE) to enact the Act’s legal policies and mechanisms to
advance gender equality. In addition, the Women Development Strategy (2017-2021),
developed by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, sets out goals,
objectives and targets in the area of gender equality which will be steering tools for
effective budget allocations. AS now prostitution is banned in Thailand the main labour
force in Thailand is imprisoned and so called as criminal and because of this economic
had been decreased.

OUR SOLUTION IDEAS : There are many cases where women had developed anxiety
toward expressing there rights. Although social media is nowadays trying to make the
society male dominant as many other countries are known to be femenist.

• 1. Develop and launch products and campaigns to promote and improve

knowledge and attitudes on the rights, experiences and contributions of women
migrant workers.

• 2. Establish partnerships with Thai training institutions (including start-up

incubators) and international organisations, focusing on skill development of
women entrepreneurs to enhance leadership, market access, and access to
technology and innovation while ensuring additional funding and/ or cost-sharing
with partners.

• 3. Advocate for the localization of the SDGs and the implementation of CEDAW
and Beijing Plan for Action through our work with the national women’s
machinery on strengthening of the gender focal point system, gender responsive
budgeting and gender statistics.

• 4. Build partnerships with existing social impact and innovation funds in EU and
Thailand/ Asia to extend support for women-owned innovation and business
ventures in specific areas of interest for both EU and Thailand/ Asia (such as
tech/ ICT, health) while aiming to ensure cost-sharing of outreach/ partnership
building costs.

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