Events for 2014年10月3日
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Tonan Talk “Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities”
Title: Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities Speaker: Dr.Kyoko Kusakabe, Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology Date: July 25 (Fri.), 12.00-13.30, 2014 Place: Meeting Room (Room No. 107) on the 1st Floor of East Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: This presentation is a case study of Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand, and it argues that even in increasingly unstable circumstances women migrant workers have to continue to balance their reproductive responsibilities as mothers and daughters with their on-going roles as wage workers and economic providers, often managing complex trans-border care arrangements. The paper extends […]
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Seminar on Thailand authoritarianism: Past and Present
Date: October 3, 2014 (Friday) 16:00-18:00 Venue:Room No. 107 on the first floor of East building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: Since the May 2014 coup d’etat in Thailand, the authoritarianism has become one of the hottest themes in the Thai society and in Asia in general. The coup makers toppled Yingluck Shinawatra, an democratically elected prime minister, disregarded the elected parliament and introduced the appointed one under the Martial Law. The military controlled Thai politics again. The coup leader, General Prayuth Chan-ocha, who is army in chief, was appointed by the appointed parliament members as a new prime minister and 80% of his cabinet ministers are from the armed force […]
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