Researcher: Nakata, Yoshimi
Aim | Women's Project Target Groups | District | No. of Participating Groups | Means to Oversee Credit | Other Support | Information | Marketing | Meetings | Other Programs | |
FEDRA | Local Develop-ment | Rural Women | 4 | 17(village) | Forming Coopera-tives among women | Technical Training | Inform person to person | Selling in big cities (Bangkok, Chiangmai) | Once a month | Agricul-tural Program |
WAA | To support women's group economically | Women in San Patong | 1 | 10(village) | Only for materials they need to make handicrafts | Technical Training | Exporting to foreign countries | When they have something to discuss | Support-ing PWAs | |
Government Agencies | ||||||||||
Social Welfare Office | To support PWAs | Households with PWAs | Chiangmai | 364 households ('98) | Must go Social Welfare office to borrow money | Education about AIDS and health | Women's group in villages | No Support | No | |
To prevent girls from working as prostitutes | Girls who graduate from Pratom | Chiangmai | 620 persons('93〜'97) | After vacational training, they can borrow credit | Vocational training | Encourage factories and owners of shops to buy their products | No | |||
Educational Institute | ||||||||||
Chiangmai University | To prevent girls from working as prostitutes | Girls who graduate form Pratom | Phayao, Chiangrai, Chiangmai, Lamphun | 1478 person('92〜'96) | − | Vocational Training, Counselling and Scholarship | Teachers in the region distribute the information | − | Showing Videos to girls about problems of prosti-tution | |
Company (Foundation) | ||||||||||
TISCO Founda-tion | To support people in poverty* | People in poverty, not only women | All over Thailand | 50 persons ('98) including both sexes | Evaluate the application forms of candidates | No | Hospitals | No Support | No, because this program is for individuals | s |