HumanTrafficking.org | Thailand Government Agency: Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

A web resource for combating human trafficking

Email this page

Thailand

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration

Address

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Bangkok City Hall 1
173 Dinso Road
Bangkok 10200
Thailand

Contact Information

If calling from Thailand:

Tel: 02 221 2141
Fax: 02 621 0831

If calling from overseas:

Tel: +66 02 221 2141
Fax: +66 02 621 0831

Website

http://www.bma.go.th

Email

csod@bma.go.th

Activities

Sex tourism has been addressed by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) using several measures. Among them is the distribution of pamphlets warning tourists that having sex with children is a crime. The Thai government is also working on revising entertainment industry laws in hopes that problems related to exploitative commercial sex can be alleviated.

In dealing with domestic violence - violence against women and children and sexual abuses - pamphlets have been produced and distributed to create awareness among the public and to inform them where they can get help. The NCWA has worked closely with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to provide a one-stop service for victims of violence in its six hospitals. The health workers, the social workers, and the community development personnel will form networks with medical personnel and women. ¹

Accor and ECPAT organized a charity walk rally on Sunday 12 October 2003 in Bangkok's Lumpini Park to raise funds to support ECPAT's child protection activities in northern Thailand. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) offered their generous support to the event. TAT offered its expert assistance to Accor's Human Resource Department, while the BMA allowed the event to be held at Lumpini Park, Bangkok's largest public park, free of charge.²

¹ http://www.aworc.org/bpfa/res/crep/th00001.html
² http://www.asiatraveltips.com/travelnews03/269Accor.shtml