the growing divorce rate. That situation could be attributed partly to the fact that economic needs forced an increasing number of women to take up employment while continuing to look after the family. 58. The advent of AIDS, with the official пгшЬег of infected cases registered at 12,000 men and 2,000 women, had added another complicated dimension to the issue of women's rights. 59. The reservations entered by Thailand at the time of its accession to the Convention were an obvious Achilles heel which must be understood in their socio-cultural, economic and political setting. Only the mobilization of public opinion, which was already under way, would make it possible to eliminate those remnants of discrimination. 60. The first of the seven reservations concerned article 7 of the Convention (equality of access to public office) and reflected existing law and practice, whereby women were excluded from, inter alia, the army and certain key administrative posts. However, there was currently great interest in amending at least parts of the laws which perpetuated discrimination based on a patriarchal attitude towards gender-based laws. 61. The reservation entered to article 9, paragraph 2, had been motivated partly by the paternalistic structure of society and partly by the fear that the children of refugees and illegal immigrants would gain too extensively from the granting of Thai nationality. However, there was growing support for the idea that children should be able to take the nationality of either their father or their mother. 62. The reservation to article 10 (education) could be explained by the fact that women did not have access to military and certain other official institutions. That should not obscure a number of positive developments, however, such as the universalization of primary education, a 97 per cent literacy rate and an almost 
**Analysis**
The text discusses various issues related to women's rights, specifically in the context of Thailand's accession to a convention. It touches on topics such as employment, education, and nationality, which are all interconnected with the theme of women's empowerment. The text also mentions the impact of AIDS on women's rights, which is a health-related issue. Given the focus on women's rights and the various aspects of their lives, it is likely that the category that best fits this text is Employment, Education, or Health.

**Category**
Employment, Education, Health