Migrants & Employment

Gender perspective: Thai migrants in the Netherlands

BY
Matana Kester-Kotsan
Amsterdam, 9-7-2010

About me
Educational background
•BA (International Relations), BKK
•MA (International Social Development), Sydney
•Msc (Migration, Ethnic Relations & Multiculturalism), Utrecht

Professional Background
•Ministry of Labour (International Affairs)
•Royal Thai Embassy, the Hague (Education Cooperation)
•Women & Employment (I)
•Women & Employment (II)
•Migrants & Employment
•Migrants women
•Migrant Women from Asia & Africa

•Thai migrant in the NL (I)
•Period of Migration
•Reason of Migration
•Marital Status
•Educational Background
•Occupation
•Thai migrant in the NL (II)
Next mission (s)
Further research on queuing theory with gender perspectives included
Extend study of Thai migrant in another receiving country (US, Germany, UK, Scandinavian countries)
•Training programs for Thai migrants in NL (TH embassy)
•Questions & Discussion
•Should affirmative actions be introduced to stimulate women participation in the labor force as well as diversity in employment?
•If so, how and to what extent?
•Whether women would like to participate in the labor force or not, it should be from their own free choice/will (economic independence? Roles as housewife, mother, career woman or combination of all?)