Empowerment the Role of Women in the Communist Party of Thailand, Phatthalung, Trang and Satun through the “Tawan Daeng” Journal, 1977-1982
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This article aims to study the empowerment of women’s roles through the “Tawan Daeng” journal, published by the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) in the southern provinces of Phatthalung, Trang, and Satun between 1977-1982. A key feature of the journal was its focus on empowering women’s roles within the revolutionary, particularly by integrating to gender studies, patriarchy and black feminist theories. The study finds that Tawan Daeng has specific columns called “Talking with Pimphayom” and “Arts and Culture” which highlighted this emphasis, fostering connections between intellectual female comrades and local female comrades. Columns, which drew inspiration from the women’s rights activism and leftist thought from the 1950s, reflected more the influence of feminist ideologies than the CPT’s traditional educational materials. The study concludes that the intellectual female comrades involved in these writings, many of whom had joined the revolution after the October 6, 1976, used the Tawan Daeng to inspire and educate women. Additionally, the journal’s content showed the class interaction of female comrades in the CPT.
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