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Rural women of Thailand: from peasant girls to Bangkok masseuses

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  • Pasuk Phongpaichit.

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ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on internal migration of peasant girls (rural women) to the urban area of Bangkok, Thailand and their eventual employment as masseuses (prostitution) - analyses background, social role and occupation of village girls, and describes how their urban income level and capital remittances significantly affect remaining family economic conditions, and describes migrating circumstances of individual girls. Map and references.

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  • Pasuk Phongpaichit., 1980. "Rural women of Thailand: from peasant girls to Bangkok masseuses," ILO Working Papers 992087013402676, International Labour Organization.
    • Handle: RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992087013402676
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    2. Yeboah, Yaa., 1993. "Equal opportunities for women: the implications of adolescent pregnancy and childbirth in sub-saharan Africa for ILO policies and programmes," ILO Working Papers 992959073402676, International Labour Organization.
    3. Truong Thanh‐Dam, 1983. "The Dynamics of Sex Tourism: The Case of Southeast Asia," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 14(4), pages 533-553, October.

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