negative associations of women with authority, power and wealth still exist in the Thai society.
high-ranking positions have been difficult for women to reach partly because of the lack of an eligibility pool.
several crucial obstacles to women's equality can be identified.
women's absence in politics is largely due to low self-esteem, the predominance of gender values in the organization culture and gender-bias among the male dominated gatekeepers of the system.
it is important to increase public confidence in women's abilities. one way to do that would be to ensure women's equal educational opportunities. education in considered the best way to foster and the researchers studied the relationship between social factors and the voting and campaigning behavior of female voters.