Thai translation available below For nearly 10 years, over 300 villagers from Phichit have fought for justice and sought remedy over serious environmental and health harms linked to the Chatree Gold Mine, the largest gold mine in Thailand, operated by Akara Resources and owned by Australia-based Kingsgate. This coming 24 March, the court will finally decide. This historic ruling could shape the future of corporate accountability and climate justice in Thailand. Here’s how you

🚩 In Thailand, sex work is still criminalized. For International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, we’re featuring the testimony of sex workers' rights activist and Manushya Board Member Siriton Posh , amplifying the voices of those directly impacted. Sex workers are excluded from labor protections. Yet their work contributes to the economy just like any other service industry. Many women and gender-diverse people are pushed into sex work by severe economic inequality and limited liv

The ultimate "Women’s History Month" hypocrisy: U.S.-Israel drops bombs on girls' schools in Iran while burying the Epstein files. 🔥 The patriarchal U.S.-Israel war machine is working overtime to distract you from a massive elite cover-up. While over 140 children were murdered in Israel’s strike on an all-girls elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, the "Epstein elite" are using the chaos to hide new predatory allegations against Donald Trump and his billionaire circle.

Meet Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand fighting for their peoples’ recognition. For Indigenous communities in Thailand, discrimination begins with not being formally recognized under Thai law. ✊ Today on Zero Discrimination Day , we’re amplifying the voices of Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand who are fighting for their Peoples’ recognition. They joined Manushya Foundation’s UPR Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop in Hat Yai , held last 11-12 N

SEAblings!!! 🌏 We couldn’t get enough of your comments, so here are MORE words from Southeast Asian languages English can’t colonize. Our cultures are simply too rich for just one carousel. 😌 And Brunei 🇧🇳, we see you and we’re so glad you’re in this one. 🫶🏽 From across the region, you shared words carrying memory, feeling, and community. We’re still taking notes! What really got us? So many of you saying, “Wait… we have a word like that too!” ✨ Across borders, our lang

In an article published on 25 February in Le Monde , journalist Brice Pedroletti features Lao human rights lawyer and Manushya Foundation Founder & Executive Director Emilie Palamy Pradichit , who warns of a chilling pattern of “accidents” facing government critics. “Several critical voices have been found dead in circumstances described as accidents… Investigations lack transparency, official conclusions are brief and unconvincing, and no accountability is ever established.

In an interview with Valentin Cebron for La Croix , published on 24 February, Emilie Palamy Pradichit , Lao woman human rights defender and Founder & Executive Director of Manushya Foundation, raises the flag on a deeply alarming pattern in Laos: ➡️ Enforced disappearances ➡️ Deaths labeled as “accidents” under suspicious circumstances ➡️ Total absence of independent investigations As Emilie Palamy underscored, the repetition of these cases is not random. It is creating a pe

English Translation available below เมื่อวันที่ 18 กุมภาพันธ์  รัฐบาลไทยได้ประกาศอย่างเป็นทางการว่า ข้อพิพาททางกฎหมายที่ยืดเยื้อมานานกับบริษัทเหมืองแร่จากออสเตรเลียบริษัทคิงส์เกตได้สิ้นสุดลงแล้ว แต่ ! ผู้ชนะมีเพียงรัฐบาลไทยและ คิงส์เกต  เท่านั้น ในขณะที่รัฐบาลไทยเฉลิมฉลอง “ความร่วมมือครั้งใหม่” และผลกำไรในอนาคตชุมชนที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากเหมืองทองคำชาตรี อย่างชาวบ้านพิจิตร ยังคงต้องเผชิญกับผลกระทบต่อไป 💔 น้ำปนเปื้อน 💔 ความกังวลด้านสุขภาพ 💔 หลายปีที่ไร้การเยียวยา นี่ไม่ใช่ความย

🚨 In the midst of four long years of invasion and pain in Ukraine, our hearts and voices resonate with all communities suffering under oppression. Today, we reaffirm our solidarity beyond borders, uniting as People from the Global Majority.  We #StandWith: 🇺🇦 UKRAINE – for the resilience of a nation under siege 🇵🇸 PALESTINE – in the struggle for dignity and freedom against colonial settlers 🇲🇲 MYANMAR – for the brave pursuit of democracy and an end to military rule 🇨�