Conference paper on the social status and economic role of women in Thailand - makes a statistical analysis of employment and education of women; examines traditional culture, religion, marriage, legal status and sex discrimination; covers rural women, woman workers, middle class and upper class women, and women in political leadership; reviews health aspects, incl. Family planning, abortion, pregnancy, nutrition and occupational health.

This work includes 1000 entries covering the spectrum of defining women in the contemporary world.