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Manushya Foundation

5 days ago

#FightRacism ✊ Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

💫We’d like to take this opportunity to share our success story of denouncing before the United Nations the racial discrimination faced by Isaan people , LGBTIQ+ refugees and asylum seekers, and Indigenous peoples. ❗For the first time ever at any UN human rights review of Thailand, in November 2021, the CERD Committee addressed the everyday discrimination of the Khon Isaan ethnic group including the offensive stereotype of ‘mia farang’ or ‘white foreigner’s wife.’ 📑Before

Manushya Foundation

Feb 24, 2022

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, 2022

#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, 2022

#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

Manushya Foundation

Feb 17, 2022

#FightRacism 🚨 Why is the Thai government lying to us about Indigenous peoples?

#WhatsHappeningInThailand📍 Indigenous peoples have long been excluded from Thai society. They face racial discrimination, hate speech, stereotypes, and forced evictions from their lands due to construction projects. But that's not all, the Government does not even recognize them for what they are! Read on to know more ⤵️ ➡️ In November 2021, Thailand went through its CERD review examining its compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimin

✊🏻#SaveBangkloi is POSSIBLE with the POWER OF PEOPLE!

Manushya Foundation

Feb 3, 2022

✊🏻#SaveBangkloi is POSSIBLE with the POWER OF PEOPLE!

(English below)✊🏻#Saveบางกลอย is POSSIBLE with the POWER OF PEOPLE! 🎉เเม้ว่าจะถูกขัดขวางโดยตำรวจควบคุมฝูงชน ภาคี #Saveบางกลอย และขบวนการประชาชนเพื่อสังคมที่เป็นธรรม (P-Move) นำโดยชุมชนบางกลอยกดดันให้รัฐบาลเห็นชอบแนวทางการแก้ปัญหาตามข้อเสนอได้สำเร็จ! 📍หลังจากที่หนังสือของชุมชนกะเหรี่ยงบ้านบางกลอย อำเภอแก่งกระจาน จังหวัดเพชรบุรีที่ยื่นถึงนายกรัฐมนตรีตั้งแต่วันที่ 14 ธันวาคม 2564 ยังไม่มีความคืบหน้าใดๆ เมื่อวาน (วันที่ 1 กุมภาพันธ์ 2565) ภาคี #Saveบางกลอย เเละขบวนการประชาชนเพ

🚨#SaveBangkloi 🕰 Why has the problem of the Bangkloi indigenous community not been solved yet?

Manushya Foundation

Jan 31, 2022

🚨#SaveBangkloi 🕰 Why has the problem of the Bangkloi indigenous community not been solved yet?

(English below) 🚨#Saveบางกลอย 🕰1 ปีผ่านไป ทำไมปัญหาชุมชนกะเหรี่ยงบางกลอยยังไม่ถูกแก้? ✊🏻วันที่ 29 มกราคม 2565 กลุ่ม “บางกลอยคืนถิ่น” จัดกิจกรรมถือป้ายข้อความ “1 ปี บางกลอย ปัญหาที่ยังไม่ถูกแก้” เพื่อเรียกร้องการแก้ปัญหาชุมชนกะเหรี่ยงบางกลอย อำเภอแก่งกระจาน จังหวัดเพชรบุรีหลังจากที่ผ่านมา 1 ปี โดยเริ่มจากลานหน้าหอศิลปะวัฒนธรรม กรุงเทพฯ Sky Walk และเดินผ่านสยาม กลุ่ม “บางกลอยคืนถิ่น” แถลงข้อเรียกร้อง 3 ข้อ 1️⃣ ตั้งคณะกรรมการอิสระชุดใหม่ตรวจสอบข้อเท็จจริงและแก้ปัญหา 2️⃣ ยุติก

Our lives and rights MUST NOT be compromised for profit!

Manushya Foundation

Jan 7, 2022

Our lives and rights MUST NOT be compromised for profit!

#SaveChana 🚨 Do you remember the brave #Chana community that stood up against the government plans to build a large industrial complex in their neighbourhood? Or villagers fighting to bring #JusticeForPhichit after a gold mine polluted their environment and took away their livelihoods?There are communities like them all over Thailand. 💸 For the sake of so-called national economic growth, their land, environment and livelihood have been put in jeopardy. While the Government

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