Current activities of WARI |
WARI group participates in women related ongoing discussion
seminars and activities in Thailand and neighboring countries.
Through these activities we share our findings and understanding
of issues to contribute to the ongoing dialogue. Here we summarize
some of our selected recent activities.
- January 28,
2004, AIT, Thailand
Lecture on gender issues in Thailand
- February 3-15,
2004, Workshop on Integrated Water Resource Management, UPM,
Malaysia
Training on gender mainstreaming
- March 7, 2004, “Role,
Achievement and Challenges of the National Human Rights Commission,”
Thailand
- April 17, 2004, “Domestic
Violence,” Friends of Women Foundation, Bangkok
- June 5-6, 2004, Conference
on Environment Day, Bangkok
- June 18, 2004, CEDAW, UNIFEM,
Bangkok
- June 30-July 2, 2004, Beijing
Plus 10 Meeting, Salaya, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Beijing Plus 10 Meeting took place at Mahidol University in Nakhon
Pathom. WARI was part of a panel on Gender and Poverty. We were
able to bring 3 selected grassroots women from north and northeast
Thailand to this meeting. The conference was not well organized
but the discussions and reports were outstanding showing how
little progress has been made towards implementation of BPFA.
- July 14, 2005, “Trafficking,
Migration, Minorities and HIV/AIDS,” UNESCO, UNIAP and
UNDP-SEAHIV Parallel Conference, Bangkok, Thailand
- July 28-30, 2004, “The
Changing Mekong: Pluralistic Societies Under Siege,”
Khon Kaen, Thailand
“Mekong Under Seize” was a 3-day conference held in Khon
Kaen. The conference was organized by the Center for Research
on Plurality in the Mekong Region (CERP), Khon Kaen University,
in collaboration with Center for Southeast Asian Studies &
Center for Chinese Studies, Univ. of Michigan. WARI presented
two papers: “Gender Equity in Mekong” and “Venders
in Mekong-sub Region”. The Conference was successful in
stimulating local research and dialogue.
September 20-25, 2004, Kartini Network Conference,
Dalian, China
Kartini network is a recent attempt by academic activists of Asia and
the Netherlands to stimulate discussion and promote the growth
of women’s studies in Asia. WARI participated in the conference
and presented a paper on “Growth and Challenges of Women’s
Studies in Thailand”.
February 28-March 2, 2005, “Negotiating
Gender Justice Conference,” Goteborg Univ., Sweden
Gottenburg University is organizing a conference on gender justice
and negotiation. WARI’s presentation is on gender negotiation
in Thailand.
April 3-5, 2005, Thai Studies/
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
During this International conference on Thai studies, WARI presentation
is planned to be on women’ studies, Women NGOs and political participation
of women in Thailand.
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