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Thai judges and law professionals hear how a legal system riddled with sexism is not
doing justice to women

Subhatra Bhumiprabhas
Aree Chaisatien
The exploitation of womenûs bodies through

human trafficking is one of most serious issues
the world is facing, said Professor Wicha Mahakhun
of the National Counter Corruption Commission

in a speech on how the Thai justice system
disadvantages women, delivered at a recent seminar
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titled çGender Justice & Womenûs Human Rightsé.†
çLegal cases concerning women should not
to be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Contributing factors such as poverty, access to
information, and inequality in the justice system

must be taken into consideration.é
He observed that on the legal-system front sexist attitudes are still prevalent.
çToday, female inspection officers are asked to be secretaries of male executives,

and only beautiful women are recruited. Many in authority are unconsciously displaying
gender-biased attitudes, discriminating against female officers by claiming that certain types
of work are too tough for them and thus inadvertently keeping the glass ceiling intact.é

The seminar was jointly organised by the Foundation of Women, Law and Rural
Development (FORWARD); Chiang Mai Universityûs Womenûs Studies Centre; Rabibhadanasak
Judicial Research Institute; the Thailand Criminal Law Institute, the Office of the Attorney

* ∑’Ë¡“ : Àπ—ß ◊Õæ‘¡æå The Nation, Published on March 9, 2009.

Court and Gender Justice