Project Report on “Improving Gender-Friendly Justice Administration in Thailand”

Submitted to FES on September 17, 2022

This FES-supported project on “Improving Gender-Friendly Justice Administration in Thailand” was implemented during June 1 – September 30, 2022, in a joint effort of FES, GDRI/APSW and Social Equality Promotion Foundation (SEPF) and has completed all planned activities which mainly conducting three public dialogue forum; one in Bangkok, and two in the region- Suratthani and Chiangmai Provinces and the budget for implementation of three one-day workshops was about 350,000 Baht.   These public forums had the following objectives:

1. To build knowledge and understanding of the gender-friendly justice services for multi-stakeholder personnel in the justice systems including police, prosecutors, social and psychology workers, shelter service workers, and CSOs who work to protect the rights of girls, women, and other vulnerable groups;

2. To create space, opportunities, and mechanisms for successful working collaboration and communication among multi-stakeholder professions to ensure the fundamental rights and security of victims of violence is protected;

3. To advocate for gender mainstreaming in the police and relevant agencies.

Additionally, these forums were to enhance the knowledge and perception of the public and key stakeholders to accept the essential role of female police, especially in investigative function which was affirmed by the previous FES-hosted workshop on the topic “The Ideal Police in Perspectives of Women and Marginalized Groups,” that every police station must provide gender-friendly services to women and marginalized people who suffered gender-based violence, in order to fulfill this goal, each police station should deploy female investigator, arranging private and gender-friendly interrogation rooms for sexual and domestic violence cases.  

In consultation with FES and SEPF, GDRI will volunteer to serve as the lead organization providing logistical arrangements, narrative, and financial reporting to FES.   

Beneficial target participants, resource persons, topics for discussions, and format of the forums:

In each one-day workshop adopted a hybrid format of in-person and online participants (through the zoom application) and was broadcast live via the Facebook Page Gender Talk and Gender Equality by GDRI.  The three forums were conducted in Bangkok on July 3, in Surat Thani province on July 18, and in Chiang Mai on August 17, 2022.  Each forum was attended by approximately 30-50 participants consisting of representatives from civil society organizations, women, LGBTQ people, children, laborers, youth, academics, and those who have overcome violence and the other half will be representatives of government agencies such as police, prosecutors, multi-disciplinary professional teams, officials from Ministry of Social Development and Social Security, Ministry of Justice, politicians, and human rights organizations, etc.  

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