Challenges to gender equality in Thailand
Thailand’s formal commitment to women’s rights began in 1985 when it became a party to the key UN treaty on the subject: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
The country’s record was vetted by the monitoring committee under the treaty — the CEDAW Committee — for the first time in 1990 and one of the key impediments was the issue of national security.
