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When Patriarchy Hides Behind “Faith”: Sexual Violence and Victim-Blaming in Thailand 🇹🇭
On 13 February, a self-proclaimed spiritual healer known as “Lung Sanom” from Angthong, Central Thailand 🇹🇭 was caught sexually harassing several women who sought him out for healing. But what is equally disturbing is the wave of victim-blaming that followed. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗲: first through the shaman who exploited them, then by the public who blamed them for their beliefs. Instead of holding the perpetr

Manushya Foundation
Feb 16


#IDEVAW2025 🚨 Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in exile are being hunted in Thailand, and we’re calling it out on #IDEVAW2025!
On 18 June, Manushya’s Founder Emilie Pradichit courageously addressed the CEDAW Committee Members to expose the reality WHRDs in Thailand face: transnational repression in the form of abductions, threats, enforced disappearances, and even killings. She also shared our team’s own experiences of being targeted for protecting these women. For speaking truth to power, these women from neighboring authoritarian regimes are forced to flee their homes… only to face renewed danger,

Manushya Foundation
Nov 25, 2025


The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
(English below) วันยุติความรุนแรงต่อสตรีสากล #WhatsHappeningInThailand ✊🏼 ในโอกาสที่วันที่ 25 พ.ย. เป็นวันยุติความรุนแรงต่อสตรีสากล...

Manushya Foundation
Nov 25, 2021
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