Transgender MPs are over-represented in Thai Parliament while women struggle to enter politics
Source: Woman are human
As Thai women struggle to establish a foothold in the politics of a nation that ranks among the worst in the world for sex parity in government leadership, news outlets in the West are cheering on the progressiveness of men attaining political positions while wearing culturally feminine attire and the label “women” as their identity.
“Earrings, neat make-up, Tanwarin, one of Thailand’s first two transsexual deputies, walks through the alleys of the Parliament dressed as a woman. A revolution in the kingdom,” LePetitJournal.com drools enthusiastically in an article announcing the entry of four transgender politicians – three of whom have not “been operated on” – into Parliament.
The United Nations latest ranking of Women in Politics found Thailand at place 181 of 192 nations, among the worst. While Thailand’s population is 51 percent female, World Bank data shows that women currently comprise just five percent of seats in the nation’s Parliament. Yingluck Shinawatra, the first and only female prime minister of Thailand, was unseated in a political coup in 2014. She absconded the country as a fugitive in 2017, and secured citizenship in Serbia days ago.
Click here to read the full article published by Women are Human on 12 August 2019.
As Thai women struggle to establish a foothold in the politics of a nation that ranks among the worst in the world for sex parity in government leadership, news outlets in the West are cheering on the progressiveness of men attaining political positions while wearing culturally feminine attire and the label “women” as their identity.
“Earrings, neat make-up, Tanwarin, one of Thailand’s first two transsexual deputies, walks through the alleys of the Parliament dressed as a woman. A revolution in the kingdom,” LePetitJournal.com drools enthusiastically in an article announcing the entry of four transgender politicians – three of whom have not “been operated on” – into Parliament.
The United Nations latest ranking of Women in Politics found Thailand at place 181 of 192 nations, among the worst. While Thailand’s population is 51 percent female, World Bank data shows that women currently comprise just five percent of seats in the nation’s Parliament. Yingluck Shinawatra, the first and only female prime minister of Thailand, was unseated in a political coup in 2014. She absconded the country as a fugitive in 2017, and secured citizenship in Serbia days ago.
Click here to read the full article published by Women are Human on 12 August 2019.