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Grassroots Groups Fighting for Women’s Rights in Thailand
TACOMA, Washington Women throughout history have experienced subjection due to traditional beliefs within patriarchal societies. In Thailand, these beliefs hold women to very limited positions and they often go unnoticed in the public eye. The culture surrounding activism groups, in turn, tends to only see men as leaders and not women. If a woman held a leadership position, she would not be supported in that role and would instead face many challenges. However, women are starting to see that they can create better solutions for these problems at hand by promoting women’s rights in Thailand through activism.