Gender Statistics
Gender statistics presented in this chapter were obtained from the Department of Provincial
Administration, Ministry of Interior and Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Health and National
Statistical Office.
The women empowerment plan, under the
11
th
Economic and Social Development plan has
emphasized in constructing the equal society.
To achieve this it is expecting that people should have better
attitude towards society, recognize and accept women’s roles in various context, such as equality in economic,
social and politics. Thai society should be moved with ethic and fairness, especially women should have equal
opportunities to access to all levels of education including long
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life education and appropriate potential
development. Women should be supported to have life security, a better quality of life, confidence in political
participation, administration and decision making in the organizations in order to drive women’s development,
under the vision “Build up society with equity, ethic and fairness for women to have dignity, security and better
quality of life”.
At present, women have played more important and some major roles in country development.
Many countries aim at equal and merit society and raising dignity of human beings so as to reduce
disparity between female and male. To promote and support participation of women in decision
making, which will bring equality between men and women in the society, gender statistics is presented
as a tool for assessing on equal terms between men and women.
