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#DayOfTheDisappeared: Today, we remember all victims of enforced disappearances

Manushya Foundation

Aug 29

#DayOfTheDisappeared: Today, we remember all victims of enforced disappearances

#DayOfTheDisappeared 📍 Today, we remember all victims of enforced disappearances: Those who have been disappeared but also their families, seeking closure and justice for the loss of their loved ones. 🕯️ A year since Manushya Foundation and its partners ran a successful campaign #ItCouldBeYou, Thailand has seen several positive developments: ➡️ After years of delays, the Thai Parliament has finally passed the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance

Manushya Foundation

Aug 25

Andrea Spakova: "People and the Planet must be put over profit!"

#CorporateAccountability ⚖️ Watch the intervention of our Advocacy and Campaign Associate Andrea Spakova at the Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Minority Issues and help us spread the word to demand #PeopleOverProfit! 🗣 The Asia-Pacific Regional Forum on Minority Issues was held on 14-15 June 2022, marking the 30th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious, and Linguistic Minorities. The forum focused on building stro

#WorldHumanitarianDay: #ItTakesAVillage to help people impacted by the climate crisis.

Manushya Foundation

Aug 18

#WorldHumanitarianDay: #ItTakesAVillage to help people impacted by the climate crisis.

#ItTakesAVillage to help people impacted by the climate crisis. Now, the governments and companies must do their part too! #WorldHumanitarianDay 🙏 💕 To celebrate #WHD2022, we salute all brave humanitarian workers around the world who tirelessly help people in need, providing necessary food, shelter, healthcare and sanitation, often putting their own lives in danger! With extreme weather events like droughts, floods or hurricanes caused by climate change, the need for humani

#JustTransition: Why we need to Save Nabon community?

Manushya Foundation

Aug 16

#JustTransition: Why we need to Save Nabon community?

#ClimateJustice #JustTransition For more than one year, the #SaveNabon group has demanded the Thai government to conduct a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a biomass-burning power plant project that proposes to build two power plants in their neighborhoods. The 'renewable energy' power plant that uses a waste-to-energy (WtE) system turns out to be a pollution generator that puts the community's health in danger. This 'renewable energy' solution only becomes a false

#IndigenousPeoplesDay: Indigenous Peoples' rights must be respected!

Manushya Foundation

Aug 9

#IndigenousPeoplesDay: Indigenous Peoples' rights must be respected!

🌿 Today, August 9, marks International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Let's have a look at the struggles faced by indigenous peoples in Thailand & what can be done to support them! ➡️ Swipe to learn more In Thailand, the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples are at risk. We have all followed the daily injustices they face, from the Bangkloi and Omkoi villagers to Billy's disappearance. At present, many indigenous groups are being prosecuted and evicted from their ancestr

#ClimateJustice #JustTransition: Why Do We Need an Intersectional Feminist, Just & Green transition?

Manushya Foundation

Aug 3

#ClimateJustice #JustTransition: Why Do We Need an Intersectional Feminist, Just & Green transition?

#ClimateJustice #JustTransition Why do we need an intersectional feminist, just and green transition? 🌏⚖️ 💚 Our future is green. 🤍 Our future is just. 🧡 Our future is intersectional & feminist. Check out our carousel explaining why we need the intersectional feminist, just and green transition and then tune in to the podcasts and follow these kick-ass Feminists to learn more! #WeAreManushyan ♾ Equal Human Beings 🌱💚 Manushya Foundation will always fight for equality, hum

📢 The government must fulfill the promise given to the #SaveNabon group!

Manushya Foundation

Jul 27

📢 The government must fulfill the promise given to the #SaveNabon group!

(English below) #Saveนาบอน 📢 รัฐบาลจะต้องดำเนินการตามสัญญาที่ให้ไว้กับชาวบ้านนาบอน! เมื่อวันที่ 25 กรกฎาที่ผ่านมา เครือข่าย #Saveนาบอน ได้ประกาศยุติการชุมนุมหลังปักหลักเรียกร้องที่หน้าทำเนียบรัฐบาลเป็นเวลากว่าหนึ่งสัปดาห์ เนื่องจากสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรีได้ออกมาแจ้งผลการประชุมกับหน่วยงานที่เกี่ยวข้อง และให้สัญญาต่อชาวบ้านนาบอนว่าได้มีการจัดตั้งการประชุมคณะกรรมการเพื่อการประเมินผลกระทบทางสิ่งแวดล้อมระดับยุทธศาสตร์ (Strategic Environmental Assessment : SEA) ตามคำเรียกร้อง ❗เกิดอะไรข

Why do Corporate Accountability & Climate Justice matter?

Manushya Foundation

Jul 4

Why do Corporate Accountability & Climate Justice matter?

🌏 We live in a climate crisis. More frequent floods, drought, and other extreme weather events are a direct consequence of the Earth's increasing temperature. During the month of July, we will unveil how this climate crisis impacts the human rights of communities in Thailand, how it relates to negative impacts of business operations, and what Manushya Foundation is doing to tackle these challenges. Stay tuned! 🗣 📍 Corporations contribute immensely when they emit greenhouse

Is the Thai Government 'Greenwashing' us?

Manushya Foundation

Apr 24

Is the Thai Government 'Greenwashing' us?

Not all talk about protecting the environment and fighting against climate change is sound. Too often, 'green' or 'sustainable' policies and practices are no more than a distraction from the real issues. Even more often, they are motivated by profit. Or even worse, they are a smokescreen for funding fossil fuels and driving deforestation. This is generally known as 'greenwashing'. What exactly is it & why the answer to it is Just Transition? What's greenwashing The term green

#EarthDay 🌱 We must listen to indigenous peoples!

Manushya Foundation

Apr 22

#EarthDay 🌱 We must listen to indigenous peoples!

#EarthDay2022 🌱 There is no time. We must listen to indigenous peoples' wisdom! Indigenous peoples are protectors of the forests & guardians of the world's last intact ecosystems. If we are to tackle global climate and biodiversity crises, we must learn what indigenous peoples have to say. ✊ There's no time for more smokescreens, false solutions that only distract us from the real action. There's no time for greenwashing full of lies. We need Just Transition: and indigenous

Manushya Foundation

Feb 24

How do we #FightRacism against people from Isaan?

📍 Do you remember Isaan people? Living in the Northeast of Thailand, this large ethnic community faces hard daily challenges. Between racial discrimination and severe poverty, they are excluded from Thai society. However, during Thailand's CERD Review in November 2021, we made sure that their voices were finally heard! Read on to learn more ⤵️ #RacialDiscrimination🚨 Isaan people are facing an acute lack of equal opportunities in matters of jobs and education, and because of

Manushya Foundation

Feb 22

#FightRacism ✊ We made it!

✊ We made it! We successfully brought grievances of local communities to Thailand's CERD Review and ensured groundbreaking interventions of CERD Committee members who addressed racial discrimination against marginalized groups such as Khon Isaan and LGBTIQ+ refugees & asylum seekers in Thailand. Read on to learn more about this historical success! ⤵️ 🚨 Thailand is a paradise, but only for the 1%! Ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples are part of the country, but their hum

Manushya Foundation

Feb 21

#InternationalMotherLanguageDay 🗣️ Languages in Thailand: Are they all equal?

📍Today is International Mother Language Day! Let's remember that there is more than one language used in Thailand, approximately 71. They cannot be forgotten even if Central Thai is the most spoken one. Read on to know more! ⤵️ ➡️ Indeed, even though the Thai language varies in tones and vocabularies depending on the region: there are different Thai dialects. Along the borders, other languages like Lao or Karen are used. You can imagine the diversity of language classes ther

🚨 Peaceful Protest to #SaveBangkloi and Indigenous Land MUST NOT be a crime!

Manushya Foundation

Feb 16

🚨 Peaceful Protest to #SaveBangkloi and Indigenous Land MUST NOT be a crime!

(EN Below) 🚨การชุมนุมอย่างสงบเพื่อ #Saveบางกลอย และ ‘ผืนดินบรรพบุรุษ’ ไม่ใช่อาชญากรรม! #WhatsHappeningInThailand 🚨จำการประท้วงเพื่อ #Saveบางกลอย โดยพีมูฟที่หน้าสำนักงานใหญ่ของสหประชาชาติในกรุงเทพกันได้ไหม? ⚠️สมาชิก #ภาคีSaveบางกลอย 11 คน รวมถึงเยาวชนหญิงอายุ 17 ปีที่เป็นสมาชิกกลุ่ม #บางกลอยคืนถิ่น ล้วนได้รับหมายเรียกจากสน.นางเลิ้ง จากการเดินขบวนประท้วงตั้งแต่หน้าสหประชาชาติไปจนถึงทำเนียบรัฐบาลในวันที่ 20 มกราคม 2565 ❌ ข้อหาของพวกเขาน่ะหรือ? “ร่วมกันฝ่าฝืนพระราชกำหนดการบริหา

#NewYearResolution 🙏 Help the Indigenous Karen IDPs with your #NewYearDonation 💸

Manushya Foundation

Jan 3

#NewYearResolution 🙏 Help the Indigenous Karen IDPs with your #NewYearDonation 💸

💫 To kick off 2022 right, make a new year's donation to help Burmese people fleeing Myanmar's massacres! 🩸 People around the world stopped in disbelief as the news about a massacre perpetrated by the Myanmar military on Christmas Eve spread: at least 35 people, including 2 humanitarian workers returning from a field trip and 4 children, were killed and burned in Kayah State in Eastern Myanmar. ⚔️ As a result of recent clashes between the Myanmar military and the indigenous

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