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- ↑ Suwann? Sath???nan Women's Studies in Thailand: Power, Knowledge, and Justice
- ↑ Mina Roces, Louise Edwards Women's Movements in Asia: Feminisms and Transnational Activism
- ↑ Aoyama, K. (2009). Thai Migrant Sexworkers: From Modernisation to Globalisation. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 65. ISBN 9780230234512 . Retrieved 2023-01-03.
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