BY: Yezdan pece Ariana Lihari WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Transcript:BY: Yezdan pece Ariana Lihari WOMEN’S RIGHTS:
BY: Yezdan pece Ariana Lihari WOMEN’S RIGHTS THAILAND The 1997 Constitution increased legal protections for women and persons with disabilities; however, some inequities in the law remained, and some protections were not enforced. Violence and societal discrimination against women were problems. Societal discrimination against hill tribes and religious and ethnic minorities continued. There were reports of forced labor and child labor. Trafficking in women and children, coerced prostitution and labor were serious problems. Rape is illegal. However, a husband may not be prosecuted for spousal rape. According to academics and women's rights activists, rapes and domestic assaults were underreported, in part because law enforcement agencies widely were perceived to be incapable of bringing perpetrators to justice. THAILAND Around 80,000 women and children have been sold into Thailand's sex idustry since 1990, with most coming from Burma, China's Yunan province and Laos. Women from Thailand are trafficked particularly to the Netherlands and Germany of the European Union, Japan, Austrlia, India, Malaysia and nations of the Middle East. Domestic violence against women was a significant problem; reliable reports indicated that domestic abuse occurred across all social classes. Specific laws concerning domestic violence have not been enacted. Police did not enforce laws against such violence vigorously, and domestic violence often went unreported, and the police often were reluctant to pursue reports of domestic violence. CHINA As men go to the cities to work, women are left behind to farm the land, care for the children and the elderly, as well as, maintain the household. The loneliness and desperation of these women has given China the highest number of female suicides in the world with the bottle of pesticide found in each house a tempting solution to escaping a miserable situation. Rural women are also in the most vulnerable position to be trafficked. Often sold into sexual slavery by a family member, they are taken to cities across China and across borders. These women are subjected to abuse, high rates of cervical cancer, and STDs that go untreated. CHINA In China, domestic abuse is considered a “family matter” and as such it is often ignored or overlooked, even by police who tend to avoid the problem until serious injuries are incurred or death. Statistics from the All-China Women’s Federation report that 94% of domestic abuse victims are women, and that one-quarter of all divorces are attributed to domestic abuse. SAUDIA ARABIA All females must