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Asian Women and Politics: The Family Connection

Asian Women and Politics: The Family Connection

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Aug 19, 2011
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In terms of advancing the participation of women in politics, the election of Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister of Thailand is a highly qualified achievement.

Yingluck, of course, is Thailand’s first woman premier. It’s a particular distinction in what has been a male-dominated domain, given an extra hard edge by the regular intervention of a politic…

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