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On 8 Feb, Vote ✅ for Change and A People’s Constitution! ✊
On 8 Feb, Vote ✅ for Change and A People’s Constitution! ✊ Manushya Foundation proudly stands with civil society and grassroots leaders in calling for genuine change and the opportunity to create a true people-led Constitution. Thailand’s upcoming constitutional referendum on 8 Feb must be watched closely. In recent years, the state has escalated transnational repression, human rights violations, and environmental abuses, making this vote a critical test of democratic partici

Manushya Foundation
5 days ago


Day 1 of our UPR workshop in Khon Kaen kicks off! The collective energy was undeniable ✊🏽🔥
This capacity and movement-building workshop in Isaan, Northeastern Thailand is the last in a nationwide series equipping communities across the country to take their struggles to the UN ahead of Thailand’s Fourth UPR in November 2026. Some moments today that truly moved us: ✊ Breaking down how engaging UN mechanisms can be a real tool for people-powered change on the ground ✨ Learning alongside fierce grassroots defenders from across movements: feminist environmentalists, ch

Manushya Foundation
Jan 21


On 8 February 2026, Thai citizens hold all the power! 🇹🇭
Exactly a month from now, Thai citizens will head to the polls for both national elections and a national referendum that will shape the country’s political future 🗳️ The referendum will ask voters whether they approve beginning the process of drafting a new constitution, to replace the current junta-led one adopted in 2017. Thailand’s constitutional reform must be watched closely. In recent years, the state has escalated transnational repression, human rights violations, an

Manushya Foundation
Jan 8


2026 Non-Negotiables for Decolonial & Intersectional Feminists 🤚
2026 opens with the same crises, just repackaged. 🏭 Imperialist resource grabs under the guise of “liberating oppressed nations” 💰 Corporations investing millions in PR to rebrand their harm as “green” and “community-centred” 🚨 Transnational repression and digital dictatorship tightening quietly across borders 🌏 Displacement of native populations through genocide and crimes against humanity based on false entitlement over land This year, as Decolonial & Intersectional Fem

Manushya Foundation
Jan 5


Refusing to Be Silenced: Southern Voices Rise Ahead of Thailand’s UPR IV
Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Southern Thailand HAT YAI, THAILAND – On 11-12 November 2025, Manushya Foundation, together with Young Pride Foundation , the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED) , LBT Wellbeing , and the Thai Coalition for the UPR , successfully hosted its second Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This marked the second step in a nationwide collective journey of four regional workshops taking place between October 2

Manushya Foundation
Nov 21, 2025


Local Voices, Global Impact: Activists Unite in Bangkok for Thailand’s UPR IV
Regional UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop for Central and Eastern Thailand BANGKOK, THAILAND – On 23-24 October 2025, Manushya Foundation, in partnership with Young Pride Foundation , the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination (MovED) , LBT Wellbeing , and the Thai Coalition for the UPR , successfully hosted its first UPR IV Capacity-Building Workshop. This training marked the beginning of a series of 4 regional workshops taking place across Thailand between Octobe

Manushya Foundation
Nov 18, 2025


🔥REGIONAL UPR CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP IN BANGKOK (23-24 October 2025)
#PeoplePower ✊🏽 #UPRThailand Yesterday, Manushya Foundation, together with Young Pride Club, มูฟดิ - MovED (the People’s Movement to Eliminate Discrimination), the LBT Wellbeing, and the Thai CSOs Coalition for the UPR, we kicked off our first 2025 #UPR capacity-building regional workshop, bringing together community leaders and activists from 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱. 🇺🇳 Participants are learning how to engage in the Universal Periodic Review

Manushya Foundation
Oct 24, 2025


🚨Breaking News: Thai PM Paethongtarn Shinnawatra removed over leaked phone call
#BREAKING 🚨 #WhatsHappeningInThailand ⚖️Today, the Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra over a leaked...

Manushya Foundation
Aug 29, 2025


#Selfcare 🌿✨ #REIKI FOR REFUGE: Join Us for a Healing Cause ✨🌿
Saturday, 17 May | 2:30–5:30PM | Yellow Lane, Ari Looking for healing energy, inner peace, or just a reset from the chaos of the world?...

Manushya Foundation
May 15, 2025


#DecolonizeTheUN 🌍 Today is the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace — but what does peace really mean in a world built on colonial legacies and double standards?
✊🏾 At Manushya, we say: Multilateralism must serve the Peoples — not the 1%. Too often, global diplomacy protects the elite, while the...

Manushya Foundation
Apr 24, 2025


#SaveMyanmar 🇲🇲 #SpringRevolution III ✊🏽Four Years of Resistance, A Lifetime of Struggle
Today marks 4 years since Myanmar’s illegal military coup. In these years, thousands have been jailed, tortured, and killed for daring to...

Manushya Foundation
Feb 1, 2025


💫 How has been 2025 so far? As we’re stepping into 2025, it’s time for us to reflect on our 2024 wins, while sharing with you our 2025 goals!
♾️ At Manushya Foundation, 2024 was a year of raw truths, a year where we exposed hollow promises and shattered the silence around...

Manushya Foundation
Jan 7, 2025


#DecolonisingHumanRights ✊Read on for our recap of the PXP Regional Decolonising and Decentralising Convening!
📣Last week, around 50 Human Rights Defenders, CSO workers, Indigenous community leaders, academics, journalists, and other regional...

Manushya Foundation
Jul 12, 2024


#GlobalLiberation ✊ People Power in Thailand
BACKGROUND ⛓️Thais have long been taught to have pride for being ‘ไทย’ (Thai, which means ‘free’). Mainstream narratives (via media and...

Manushya Foundation
May 30, 2024


Global Liberation Series: #PeoplePower in Sudan
#GlobalLiberation 🪢Our movements are stronger when we pay attention to, listen to, and stand in solidarity with, the liberation...

Manushya Foundation
May 13, 2024
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