SOCIAL WORK MODEL OF THE WOMEN ORGANIZATION IN BUENG KAN PROVINCE WITH BUDDHIST INTEGRATION

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: 1) to study the social work of women in Buddhism; 2) to study social work of the Bueng Kan women's organization; 3) to propose the Buddhist integration model of social work for Bueng Kan’s women organization. This study was conducted by means of the qualitative research methodology. The researcher has studied the primary and secondary documents and conducted the interviews to collect data in the fieldwork. The obtained data were interpreted by the descriptive analysis.
The research results were as follows:
The social work of women in Buddhism: the role of women's social work in the Buddhist perspective has been well accepted about the offering of alms, practicing the dhamma and contributing to the maintenance of religion and social assistance from the Buddha time to the present. The social work of the Bueng Kan women's organization: the social work management of the Bueng Kan women's organization is divided into 4 areas: 1) the learning aspect of the women's organization together with the community; 2) the management of the women's organization with the community such as making the community plan; 3) the activities of career promotion of women’s organizations in cooperation with communities; 4) nature and environment conservation together with communities supported by government agencies and local administrative organizations in terms of promoting, creating jobs, generating income, strengthening the economy of the community. The Buddhist integration model of social work for Bueng Kan women’s organization: the organization model, administration and management models and social work models of Bueng Kan women’s organization have been integrated with the Four Sangahavatthu Dhammas (Bases of Social Solidarity) as a guideline for work.