Child care assistance policies in rural Thailand.

在泰国，2000年代以后，除了全国范围的教育、预防和治疗保健服务外，地方政府还开展了儿童保育援助方案。这些项目都包含在地方自治团体负责的综合福利政策中。通过权力下放，当地妇女获得了更多机会参与满足她们关切的项目。然而，与此同时，这些政策似乎促进了妇女的照顾/生育作用。我们已经发现，泰国妇女作为工人扮演着重要的生产角色，作为母亲和妻子扮演着生殖角色。今天的福利组合进一步增加了另一个推动福利社区的“力量”的角色。只要女性负担加重，性别失衡问题就无法解决。

In Thailand, after the 2000s, in addition to the nationwide service for education, preventive and curative health,child care assistance programs have been carried out by local governments.These programs are included in the comprehensive welfare policies which local governments are responsible for.Through decentralization, local women gained more opportunities to participate in those programs that meet their concerns.However, at the same time, these policies seem to have promoted women's caring/reproductive role. Already, we find Thai women playing heavy productive role as workers, and reproductive roles as mothers and wives. The welfare mix today further adds on another role as a driving "force" of welfare community. As long as women's burden increases, gender imbalance will not be solved.