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รายงานการประเมินสถานการณ์สิทธิมนุษยชนในประเทศไทย ปี ๒๕๕๘

3.1 Children: The Government increasingly undertook various measures for promoting and protecting
rights of children, as: an incentive measure guaranteeing the growth of children with quality and support
through individual monthly subsidy, 400 THB for 12 months, given to new born babies; a proactive measure
with budget allocation for taking care with protection and remedial provided and setting-up of a center
for helping children facing or with vulnerability to violence; the amendment of Penal Code, particularly
in parts of sexual offences and pornography; the regular monitoring of child labor forces with marking for
minimum age for agricultural and fishery labor through multi-disciplinary approach; and the following-up
of implementation and interpretation of National Action Plans for Elimination of the Use of Child Labor
in Worst Forms, No.1 (2009-2016) and No.2 (2015-2020). Nevertheless, the NHRCT still found increasing
number of children aging 5-17 years old being child labors contacting to harm and violence with
inaccessibility to public healthcare services. Moreover, there was a tendency of increase migrant children.
NHRCT had proposed policy recommendations to the Government covering the making of measures
and guidance for protecting children at risk and children on the move; the encouraging for healthcare
accessibility; the making of comprehensive data segregation of migrant children; and the adopting and
enforcing measures for eliminating statelessness with universal birth registration for new born babies and
identity proofs for migrant children, regardless their nationality background.

3.2 Women and Gender Equity: The Government announced the Gender Equity Act, B.E. 2558
(2015) and regulated the Women Development Plan in National Social and Economic Development Plan,
No.11 (2013-2016), the Gender Statistical Disparity Segregation Plan, No.1 (2014-2015) and the Women
Situation Report in 2015 in reflection to 12 critical areas under the Beijing Declaration and Platform for
Action. And although the overall gender disparity with gap would be reduced, but there were concerns
and observations in some dimensions, e.g. number of female older persons higher than male older persons
(5,100,000>4,000,000); female underprivileged higher than male underprivileged (64,000>49,000);
female employee lower than male employee (17,500,000 < 20,900,000); women working in informal sector
higher than men working in informal sector (10,600,000>5,500,000); ratio of working population (male=80.7
and female=64.3); and ratio of female parliamentarians, especially during 2014-2015 that are the lowest in
10 years. Moreover, the violation against women was also increased, in comparison with 2014 too. NHRCT
recommends the Government to regulate appropriate measures with affirmative actions to promote women’s
participation and to bridge the gaps with disparity, e.g. the applying of gender quota system with political
parties; the organizing of workshops and training programs for the role of women in decision making process;
the regulating of policies mechanisms and measures for solving problems with efficiency and supporting
injured women to access to justice, etc.

3.3 Person with Disabilities: The Government issued various laws and measures for promoting and
protecting rights of persons with disabilities; covering the Education Management for Persons with
Disabilities Act, B.E. 2551 (2008); and Additional Amendment B.E. 2556 (2013) the Act for Promoting
and Developing Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities, B.E. 2550 (2007) and Additional Amendment
B.E. 25567 (2013) and ministerial regulations for setting-up of (i) quota system with employed
positions for persons with disabilities in both state and private sectors; (ii) calculation with amount
of financial contribution to the Fund for Promoting and Developing Quality of Life of Persons
with Disabilities, B.E. 2554 (2011); and alternative approaches with incentives for promoting and
protecting rights of persons with disabilities, including the Plan for Quality of Life of Persons with
Disabilities Development, No.4 (2012-2016). The Government also removed declarations in Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), in alignment with its pledges to the first Universal Periodic

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