webfact Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Kingdom needs more women in Parliament, UN official saysPravit RojanaphrukThe Nation BANGKOK: -- Thailand should do more to increase the number of women in the House and Senate - and it may require temporary policy intervention, a senior United Nations figure said.UN Assistant Secretary-General John Hendra, deputy executive director for policy and programme at UN body the Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, said Thailand was in the low bracket internationally, given that women here make up only 14 per cent and 17 per cent of MPs and senators respectively.Hendra, in Bangkok for a meeting today, said: "It's important to have women in leadership. Southeast Asia doesn't do that well on political participation [of women]."Thailand is one example that has a long way to go. Thailand needs to do more in stimulating greater political participation [for women]."Hendra said Vietnam and East Timor were ahead of the Kingdom in this regard.He said more women in political power tended to mean more progressive legislatures.While stopping short of saying what Thailand should do in order to gain more women MPs and senators, he said some countries had adopted temporary special measures or policy intervention to raise the number of woman politicians.Temporary lawThailand could introduce a temporary electoral law requiring that a certain percentage of party-list candidates from all the parties be women.Hendra said Rwanda introduced temporary measures to guarantee that women made up at least 30 per cent of politicians and the figure had increased to as high as 63 per cent.He was "saddened" and disappointed by the level of misogyny on display in Thai politics from both sides."Stereotyping of any kind is unproductive and affects what people think of Thailand," he said."It's not what the international community looks at Thailand for."It's not in anybody's interests. I am saddened because Thailand has always been looked at as a beacon of tolerance."Roberta Clarke, UN WOMEN regional director and representative in Thailand, said collectively people had to think about how to address the issue of misogyny in Thai politics in order to affirm the dignity of women.-- The Nation 2014-02-14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVGerry Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 We may not have many female MPs but we have a woman PM! She's not very smart though and has lowered the bar so much that anybody can be a PM now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunla Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 One less woman to start with. Then more women later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post farang000999 Posted February 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2014 As long as they all look like Yingluck and are wearing tight fitting uniforms... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaullyW Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 We may not have many female MPs but we have a woman PM! She's not very smart though and has lowered the bar so much that anybody can be a PM now! She may not be smart, but she is pretty and THAT is what we value the most. She has style and not so much substance just like we like it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang000999 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Yingluck is the Alexandria of the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noodle Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 There are bar loads of them in Pattaya who would be well qualified to be polititians:) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketnut Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Ya don't say and the UN just realised this point. Toothless Tigers the bunch of them... Sent from my i-mobile i-STYLE 8.2 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post simon43 Posted February 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2014 Even down at the most menial of levels, Thai women seem to work better. Most of the building workers that I've employed over the years have been either Thai or Burmese women - they work better than Thai men, even for the heaviest of manual work. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubblegum Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thailand is facing a huge political crisis that might even end up in a civil war and this is what the UN comes up with? Yeah tnx UN we'll put a few more women in parliament and that will solve all ! If ever their was a more useless organisation ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thailand needs more women in Parliament, UN official says So MP's won't have to browse porn on their mobile devices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaullyW Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Where Thailand would be without its females being what they are is anyone's best guess. I don't know of many societies where the male - female split is so obvious and pronounced. Thai females, by all important measures - sexiness, intelligence, diligence, reasonableness - are just miles ahead of their lazy, often overly feminine, spoiled, childish and unreasonable men. No wonder so many Thai men become Thai women! So few examples of good Thai men in the society. Edited February 14, 2014 by PaullyW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geriatrickid Posted February 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2014 The UN should be directing its attention to countries where women are still treated as chattel and denied basic human rights. Why doesn't this guy pop over to Pakistan or Saudi Arabia and do something constructive there first? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Some nasty, off-topic, trollish, sexist posts have been deleted along with replies. The topic is about more women in parliament. Trashing of Thai men isn't going to cut it on the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chainarong Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The U.N. should keep out of politics , the only ones who should be a member of parliament, should be nominated / elected off the floor by the branch membership and then move onto the general elections by representing their area, this also applies to the senate , not as now electing the wealthy elite and money movers ,who only have one vested interest, themselves , also remove this stupid rule that only persons with a degree can stand for parliament in Thailand. That UN should be how women and men can get into Thai parliament, by doing the hard yards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 "Misogyny in Thailand." Odd that a good size chunk of Thai society and economy makes their money pimping the girls and that the Thai press would limit its examination of the misogyny issue to Thai politics and not Thai society as a whole. This whole issue of misogyny and Thai culture should be an investigative series aimed at educating Thai people. The majority of Thais have no conceptual thinking about "misogyny" its causes its basis, and where to begin addressing it. The assistant secretary-general when he said that Thailand is looked at as a "beacon of tolerance" in the same conversation as misogyny must have been referring to the Thai propensity to make a living on its women working as prostitutes. When Thailand openly admits to and discusses this massive issue of cultural prostitution, its peripheral actiivties and that everything is for sale, it will then be ready to discuss some sort of reform. Thailand cannot reform until it makes a decision to remove hypocrisy and denial from its media and public forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Kingdom needs more women in Parliament, UN official says You mean more Global travelers who would smiley smiley thank you away from responsibilities and the Nation's mai pen rain problems??? Seriously??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetleythedog Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 We may not have many female MPs but we have a woman PM! She's not very smart though and has lowered the bar so much that anybody can be a PM now! Yes, we'll go from PM to PMT !!! Hopefully though any future female MP's will have the ability to hold a television interview in proper English unlike who, when i watched it appeared to have been absent from most of her grammar lessons. Probably in the salon ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeO Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thailand is facing a huge political crisis that might even end up in a civil war and this is what the UN comes up with? Yeah tnx UN we'll put a few more women in parliament and that will solve all ! If ever their was a more useless organisation ! If the one woman that they have at the very top is anything to go by, then this is probably not the right time to be recruiting more...! I do, however, believe that in the long-term, it may result in Parliament being a little less fraught if more women are involved in the various debates. I also have to agree with you about the audacity of the UN given the current situation. Surely they should be looking at bringing the two sides together to engage in talks aimed at securing a peaceful end to the current impasse, as opposed to nonsensical suggestions such as this. That said, however, on the one hand we have Suthep who will never agree to end the protests as long as YL remains in place, and on the other hand, we have Mad Dog Chalerm who would dearly love to see the protesters driven out by force, although, no doubt he would be out of the back door and into his Porsche or Pink Bentley to avoid any personal involvement...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminomadic Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Putting more women in Parliament for the sake of having more women there isn't the answer. Doing anything affirmative actiony only means there'll be women dunces as MPs instead of the men dunces they replaced. Quality female MPs emerge from their own merits and having to win against the odds means they'll be of stronger character (or maybe just more ruthless-- edited out). Affirmative action in any form is pretty much a well-meaning but in fact disastrous approach in the West. Just look at the affirmative action President Obama. Edited February 14, 2014 by Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farang000999 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 The UN should be directing its attention to countries where women are still treated as chattel and denied basic human rights. Why doesn't this guy pop over to Pakistan or Saudi Arabia and do something constructive there first? Fear of being burned alive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 More posts that simply are bashing Thai males have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmirage2013 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Yingluck is not pretty at all.... she just wears a lot of make up. Without all the coverage, she looks a bit ape-like. This is a very good idea! There should be more very hot, good looking women in the government... that way, during Parliament sessions, the dirty old useless men will focus on the debates, instead of looking at porno on their smart phones and accessing their ThaiFriendly accounts to make dates with their gigs. A few dozen hot women with brains will restore Thailand to a beautiful place with a prospering economy... What do we have instead? Yingtruck and her dog Chalerm.... Heck, can't we do any better???!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mosha Posted February 14, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2014 What Thailand needs 1st is more honest people in parliament, regardless of gender. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 If Thailand doesn't care to rank with its peers in the world and continue to shroud itseld in a fuedal semi-democratic society, then ignore the UN. The UN is not an imperialistic force. The UN offers constructive, unbiased, and expert suggestions on how Thailand can achieve more than what its society is now. But there will be a day of reckoning when Thailand needs to reach out to the international community for economic and social assistance and cooperation and finds that the UN that it tells to go away, did go away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I think the women issue is something that should come later... First would be to get some (at the very least), high school educated people in parliament... Then get some non rascist people in there, followed by some westerners If any women fit the above, then you kill 2 birds with 1 stone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scamper Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Many around the world were delighted at the prospect of a female prime minister. Some UDD columnists were positively giddy at the onset of Yingluck. Some compared her to Indira Gandhi, Aung San Suu Kyi or Margaret Thatcher. Well, something happened on the way to the forum. She made spartan public appearances, generally flanked by male minders, avoided debates, seldom attended parliament, spoke even less, proudly commandeered a facebook page, appeared in cabinet photo-ops, inspected railway tracks, pointed at smoke, and became an avid devotee of skype. And when she granted international press interviews, the interviewer was excitedly asked afterwards " Don't you think she's pretty ? " Edited February 14, 2014 by Scamper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy50 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 We may not have many female MPs but we have a woman PM! She's not very smart though and has lowered the bar so much that anybody can be a PM now! She may not be smart, but she is pretty and THAT is what we value the most. She has style and not so much substance just like we like it! Thanks. You can go back to your copy of asian babes now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antimedia Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Maybe you could start with a female as the UN Secretary General, then have something to say. Their have been 9 SG's, all male. Thailands politicians are still in nappies compared to the corruption, nepotism and cronyism in the UN. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 More women in Parliament ? I am all for it, on the condition they are not related in any way, shape or form to the Shinawatra regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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