Publication: Gender Needs Assessment in Conflict-Affected Areas in Thailand's Southernmost Provinces
Date
2010-05
ISSN
Published
2010-05
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
The objectives of the gender needs
assessment study is to add value to and complement the Post
Conflict Fund (PCF) supported conflict; and to add to the
body of knowledge regarding women, men and their families
affected by the conflict as well as the government's
policies in addressing this conflict. The century-long
struggle in Thailand's southernmost provinces of Yala,
Narathiwas and Pattani broke into open violence in January
2004, and has since escalated, involving over 9,000
individuals in violence, widowing nearly 1,000 women and
orphaning over 1,200 children. The conflict historically
centered on the relationship between Malayu-speaking Muslims
majority in the three provinces, and the largely Buddhist
nation. The aim of the gender needs assessment is to deepen
the understanding of the conflict situation experienced by
men and women in the southern conflict areas; and to help
identify appropriate interventions aimed at improving the
lives of men and women in conflict situations. This study
had been undertaken with the explicit purpose of developing
a gendered understanding of dimensions of the conflict and
the existing or possible sources of peace and resilience to conflict.
Citation
“World Bank. 2010. Gender Needs Assessment in Conflict-Affected Areas in Thailand's Southernmost Provinces. Social Development Notes; No. 127. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/464ef665-6638-560e-8431-6e05d7894088 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”