We’re still not over our UPR IV & ICCPR Strategic Advocacy Workshop in Bangkok! 🇹🇭 On our final day, we turned to another avenue for holding the Thai government accountable: Thailand’s review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by the UN Human Rights Committee. 🇺🇳 Over fifty human rights defenders began drafting community-led shadow reports to influence Thailand’s upcoming List of Issues Prior to Reporting (LOIPR). The goal is to ensure

The second day of our workshop, "From Evidence to Action: Strategic Advocacy for the UPR IV & ICCPR Reviews of Thailand", was all about shifting power. We moved from drafting factsheets to gearing up frontline human rights defenders to engage directly with diplomats. Best Chitsanupong Nithiwana, Founder of Young Pride Foundation and trans woman human rights defender, put it best about activists coming together from across Thailand: “For too long, access to diplomats has been

As the next step in our journey towards Thailand’s UPR IV this November, we gathered over 50 human rights defenders from across the country on 21 July for Day 1 of "From Evidence to Action: Strategic Advocacy for the UPR IV & ICCPR Reviews of Thailand". 🇹🇭 We built a #PeopleLedUPRMovement. We submitted the evidence. Now, it’s time to make the UN listen. Together, we are turning local evidence, lived realities, and community demands into sharp advocacy factsheets for high-le

Happy Weekend! 🩷 Ease into the weekend with these feminist self-care ideas from our recent UPR Submissions Workshop in Bangkok: 🪷 Siamese fortune sticks (เซียมซี) for reflection and grounding 🤲 Traditional folk massage using local wooden tools 🎨 Mandala colouring for rest and stillness 🎶 Kalimba (thumb piano) playing to slow things down 💅 Nail painting and bead-making (small joys, big care) 🌱 Sharing our worries, hopes, and dreams through our collective care tree Wellb

The workshop focused on strengthening what makes advocacy powerful: credibility, clarity, and grounded recommendations. Sixty-seven (67) grassroots activists from across Thailand came together in Bangkok, each bringing diverse expertise and intersectional identities, yet united by a shared determination to make their demands clear ahead of Thailand's UPR IV. Among them were 28 women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and 19 members of the LGBTQ+ community. Their demands spanned a

“This feels like a reunion of activists from all over Thailand!” 💬 shares one of the defenders who joined Manushya's UPR Submissions workshop in Bangkok. Day 1 of “Turning Collective Voices into Evidence-Based Advocacy: Finalizing Thailand’s UPR IV Civil Society Submissions” brought together 67 grassroots activists from across Thailand, united by one goal: to bring their communities’ voices to the global stage 🌏 From LGBTQIA+ and abortion rights advocates to Indigenous wome

Step aside “experts”, the next step towards a people-led UPR movement is here. And it’s being led by those actually on the ground. Day 1 of “Turning Collective Voices into Evidence-Based Advocacy: Finalizing Thailand’s UPR IV Civil Society Submissions” brought together 67 grassroots activists from across Thailand, united by one goal: to bring their communities’ voices to the global stage 🌏 As the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for civil