GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILETHAILANDMEASURESCOMMON POLICIES IMPLEMENTED AT THE PROVINCIAL LEVEL
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Common Policies Implemented at the Provincial Level
Type of Measure
Policies > Inclusion of violence against women in other national plan strategy
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence; Trafficking
Year
1995
Brief Description
The committee on women development was established at the provincial level in 1995. Such committees have developed programmes and activities to deal with violence against women in their provincial/district/village areas. There are three common policies which have been implemented at the provincial level:

  1. The extension of medical service for women and children in crisis at public hospitals;
  2. Justice and social welfare for those in need; and
  3. The promotion of public awareness on violence against women, especially domestic violence and trafficking in persons.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Thailand to the questionnaire on violence against women, 2009
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