Our Manushya on-the-ground reporter Pipaw asked defenders at our UPR Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop in Khon Kaen and shares simple joys that keep the spirit strong. ✨ นักกิจกรรมในภาคอีสานดูแลกายและใจของตัวเองกันอย่างไร? 🪷 มาฟังเรื่องราวจากผู้สื่อข่าวภาคสนามของเรา ทีมManushya ✨ This weekend’s gentle healing ideas: 🥓 Thai BBQ - because good food feeds both your belly and your heart 🌳 A walk in the park - nature has a quiet way of restoring us 🌬️ Letting go - happin

The holidays look different for everyone. But across cultures, they remind us of something shared: the power of being in community 🤝 Earlier this month, the Manushya team came together in Chiang Mai for a day rooted in joy, care, and collective grounding. As decolonial, intersectional feminists, we build our liberation movement with and through one another. 🌿 Setting intentions at Doi Suthep 🥭 Women’s Solidarity Lunch at Free Bird Café —which proudly supports marginalise

Our #UPR Capacity-Building Workshop last week was full of passionate discussions, learning moments, and advocacy planning… but we also made sure to have time and space for collective wellbeing and relaxation. Thanks to our partner LBT Wellbeing (𝗟𝗕𝗧 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴), participants were able to enjoy several 𝘀𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 throughout the two days of the workshop, including: Thai herbs for body and mind care Traditional Thai massage t

📱It continues to be important for us to stay #Connected online with others, and updated about things happening in the rapidly shapeshifting world we live in. ✊But in order for us to sustain our (much needed) long-term #Resistance and (re)building efforts, we must take active steps to avoid the #Burnout , exhaustion, as well as loss of self and spirit that come from not being mindful about our #Digital habits, such as #DoomScrolling . 🙌This is absolutely not to say w

🌈 As sad as it is, in a world that wants you to spread yourself thin in service of others and the capitalist machine, caring for...

At Manushya Foundation, we know that 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿.It shapes whose voices are amplified, whose...

🌈Pride Month has come and gone once more. While it has brought a lot of joy, we witness recurring examples of why there is still so much...

🌈Pride Month has come and gone once more. While it has brought a lot of joy, we witness recurring examples of why there is still so much...

📚Amidst a #Media landscape increasingly trying to silence, co-opt, and erase #Intersectional queer narratives, we must continue to...

Though we might call it different things, ‘new year’ and ‘water festival’ celebrations are shared by our global East, South and Southeast Asian community , united in our traditions, no matter where we are. Additionally, we are also united by the centrality of water to our rituals, our regard for water as a symbol for new beginnings, and how its properties might inspire us as we begin a new cycle. Now more than ever, as our current society becomes increasingly detached from ou

What care practices can we apply to help us stay connected and present to both our online and offline realities, and how do we prepare our mindsets and boundaries to help us navigate an increasingly complex and intimidating online space? It continues to be important for us to stay connected online with others, and updated about things happening in the rapidly shapeshifting world we live in. But in order for us to sustain our (much needed) long-term resistance and (re)buildin

Some might believe “money buys happiness,” implying that the more financial capital we have, the more we can afford to meet our needs,...

How can we cultivate our mindsets surrounding love to center interconnectedness? Swipe to read more! Where the Oppressors are fueled by fear-driven hatred that encourages individualism, we must choose to be fueled by courage-driven love that fosters collective-driven action. But in order to do this, we must divest from the limitations of the status quo surrounding ‘love,’ and expand our imaginations of what ‘love’ is, and can be. Our last #CollectiveCare post discussed steps

In a world currently filled with so much wounding, it is human to be intimidated while thinking about all the work that needs to be done....

💰#CapitalistChristmas and the holiday season is upon us again, a time where companies bombard us with endless #HolidayDeals and temptations to encourage us to spend money. While we place no judgement in the #Human desire for #Material goods once in a while, #Balance is important, as well as a consciousness surrounding our spending and #Consumption habits. We believe some of the best #Gifts are ones made with #Renewable materials, with #Love, by people who care. We also belie