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  Hard (disk) labour: research report on labour conditions in the Thai electronics sector

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007

  This paper reports on research carried out to assess labour conditions in the Thai ICT hardware sector. It assesses the supliers of major international computer manufactureres such as HP, Acer, Dell, Fujitsu Siemens, Toshiba, Apple, Packard Bell and Sony.
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  Young people's forum: Disasters and the aftermath: building young people’s life skills for health and education: country consultations summary report

  UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, 2007

  Young people in Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand have been confronted in the past few years with a series of disasters of tremendous proportions. This paper reports on a regional forum on Disasters and the Aftermath held in Bangkok from April 30 - May 5, which aimed to engage young people from these three countries as active participants in dealing with future disasters.
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  Total disaster risk management handbook

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2005

  This handbook's central theme is the development and application of a system for managing any hazards which appear to threaten a continually habitable and secure society. Directly relating to Thailand, the suggestions presented are applicable to any region or nation at risk of natural or man-made disasters.
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  Monitoring of illegal trade in ivory and other elephant specimens

  Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 2007

  Examining the factors that give rise to illicit trade in elephant ivory, the conclusions in this paper include:
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  ASEAN and trafficking in persons: using data as a tool to combat trafficking in persons

  International Organization for Migration, 2007

  Recognising the lack of adequate data on trafficking, IOM launched a pilot research project to identify “best practice” in data collection on trafficking, and to prepare a situation report by government agencies in four ASEAN member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand). This extensive report presents the findings of that research.
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  Education under attack: A global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007

  The deliberate use of force on educational institutions, students, teachers, academics, education trade unionists, education officials are on the rise globally. The worst-affected are countries that are witnessing ongoing conflict.
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  Women, mobility and reproductive health

  Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women, 2007

  How do occupational demands impact on the general and reproductive health of migrant women? This paper is based on research focusing on domestic, factory and sex work - all of which are typically underpaid, characterised by poor working conditions with little or no protection from the state.
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  Gender assessment of selected e-business and strategies in Asia: the case studies of Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Thailand

  United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2006

  How can we ensure that women have equitable access to the benefits and opportunities made possible by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and how can ICTs be leveraged for women’s empowerment and the promotion of gender equality? This paper presents a study on gender and e-business in Malaysia, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Thailand.
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  The health risks and consequences of trafficking in women and adolescents: findings from a European study

  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2003

  This report presents the findings of a two-year multi-country study on women's health and trafficking to the European Union. It is an initial inquiry into an area about which little research has previously been conducted. Interviews were conducted by researchers in Albania, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, and the United Kingdom with women who had been trafficked.
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  Time to change agrarian development focus in South-East Asia?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Agriculture is losing is central position in the lives of South-East Asian villagers. It no longer has the productivity to meet the needs and aspirations of a large number of rural people. Are policymakers aware of the profound changes in rural lives and livelihoods taking place even in isolated areas?

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