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Re: Thai wives will get right to maiden name
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Snea Thinsan
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Jun 03, 2003 22:42 PDT
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Cintia and Helga, can you share with us gender issues in Brazil?
It would be nice to hear from friends in other countries as well.
Best,
Snea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Malinee Prapinwong" <mpra-@indiana.edu>
To: <critic-@topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: Thai wives will get right to maiden name
| | Interesting. Good to hear one small step forward to promote the right
of women in Thailand. We still have a long way to go, though, I
believe. Sometimes, I do have a feeling that Thai women somehow do not
bother to understand that they deserve to be treated as equally as
men. Some issues in terms of equal rights for women have been left
unquestioned in Thai society for a long time.
Thank you for sharing. :)
Malinee
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| | CORRECTIONS: Why is it important for a woman to HAVE the right to
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keep her maiden name
| | after her marriage? This question was not seriously asked in
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Thailand
| | for almost half a CENTURY since the Names Act was issued.
My initial observation is this: Thai women are getting more
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recognition in terms of their rights, abilities, and respects.
| | Winning the right to keep their maiden name might not practically
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change the ways some narrow-minded men in
| | Thailand treat their wives, but it will sensitize Thai men about
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what women deserve as a human. Therefore, I am
| | glad to hear of this news.
Cheers,
Snea
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