The Development of Legal Measures for Gender Equality
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This research article aims to study the principles, concepts and legal theories regarding gender equality law. The researcher analyzes the problems of gender equality law in Thailand presently enforced and compares gender equality law in Thailand and that of foreign counties to use as guidelines for the development of legal for gender equality in Thailand to be more efficient. This research is qualitative research and collecting data by document research and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using content analysis techniques and interpreted comparison.
Findings are as follows: The Gender Equality Act, B.E. 2558 has legal problems in interpreting the meaning of unfair gender discrimination under Article 3, the problem of exceptions to the unfair gender discrimination under Article 17 paragraph two, issues concerning persons entitled to submit a petition to the Committee on Determination of Unfair Gender Discrimination under Article 18 and the issue of punishment under Section 34 and Section 35 that should need to be revised and revised the definition of unfair gender discrimination. Moreover, it should be resolved exceptions to unfair gender discrimination, allowed state-certified bodies to have the right to lodge a complaint with the Committee on the Determintaion of the Unfair Gender Discrimination (DUGD) and amended the punishment to include only fines in order to improve the Gender Equality Act, B.E. 2558 for further efficiency.
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