Promotion Of Status Of Women Group
Association for the Promotion of the Status of Women (APSW) is a women's organization in Thailand, founded in 1970. It was founded under the name Promotion of Status of Women Group. APSW played an important role in the history of women´s movement in Thailand. While it was not the first women's organization in Thailand, it has been referred to as the first feminist women's organization in Thailand.Pranee Liamputtong Contemporary Socio-Cultural and Political Perspectives in Thailand' References

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Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , 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. Thailand also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast, and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the nation's capital and largest city. Tai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 11th century. Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon, Khmer Empire and Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states such as the Kingdoms of Ngoenyang, Sukhothai, Lan Na and Ayutthaya, which also rivalled each other. European contact began in 1511 with a Portuguese diplomatic mission to Ayutthaya, w ...
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