The workshop focused on strengthening what makes advocacy powerful: credibility, clarity, and grounded recommendations. From Indigenous women and LGBTQIA+ activists to defenders working on reproductive rights, environment, land, migrant and labour rights, peacebuilding, and civic space, activists from all across Thailand came together to sharpen their submissions and strengthen each other’s work. In the coming week, frontline communities, alongside us at Manushya Foundation,

“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 wo

Today, as we honor the International Transgender Day of Visibility , let us move towards understanding, acceptance, and unwavering support for our trans and non-binary queerblings. Within every facet of society, our Queerblings are becoming increasingly more visible, but visibility without adequate protection, recognition and understanding can leave them vulnerable to further discrimination and harm. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ⚧ 📢 Here are some ways to show solidarity and allyship: ✅ Edu

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 civ

มาดูกันว่า "พลังของการรวมตัว” สามารถสร้างอะไรได้บ้าง นี่คือภาพช่วงเวลาสำคัญจากวันที่ 24 มีนาคมที่ผ่านมา วันที่ศาลแพ่งรัชดามีคำพิพากษาให้ชาวบ้านเป็นฝ่ายชนะคดีและชี้ว่าผู้ประกอบการเหมืองทองคำรายใหญ่ที่สุดของประเทศไทยต้องรับผิดชอบต่อความเสียหายที่เกิดขึ้นกับที่ดิน แหล่งน้ำ และสุขภาพของชาวบ้านที่ได้รับผลกระทบ   ชาวบ้านเกือบ 50 คน เดินทางกว่า 6 ชั่วโมงจากจังหวัดพิจิตรและเพชรบูรณ์ เพื่อมาร่วมรับฟังคำตัดสินครั้งประวัติศาสตร์นี้ บางคนที่ร่วมต่อสู้กันมาอย่างคุณลุงมานิจ ลำพะสอน และคุณล

Take a look at what collective power makes possible. Here are moments from 24 March, when the Ratchada Civil Court ruled in favour of the villagers, holding Thailand’s largest gold mine operator accountable for harms to people’s land, water, and bodies. Close to 50 villagers travelled over six hours from Phichit and Phetchabun provinces to witness this long-awaited verdict. Some who fought for this moment, like P’Manit and P’Lot, are no longer with us. Since 2019, when Manush

กำลังใจจากภาคอีสานสู่ภาคกลาง ชุมชนนักเครื่อนไหวเพื่อสิทธิได้มาร่วมตัวกันเพื่อส่งต่อพลังให้กับคนพิจิตร อำนาจต้องกลับมาอยู่ในมือของชาวบ้านหลังจากที่บริษัทเหมืองทองเข้ามาฉกฉวยผลประโยชน์และทำลายที่ดินและแหล่งน้ำ เป็นเวลากว่า 20 ปีที่ชาวบ้านจังหวัดพิจิตรต้องต่อสู้เพื่อความยุติธรรมและการเยียวยา ในวันที่ 24 มีนาคม 69 ในที่สุดชาวบ้านจะได้รู้คำตัดสิ้นของคดีนี้ 📍มาร่วมกันแสดงจุดยืนร่วมกันและส่งกำลังใจให้กับคนพิจิตรได้ที่ช่องทางเฟสบุ็คและอินสตาแกรมของมูลนิธิมานุษยะ เราจะมีการถ่ายทอดสดใ

This is what solidarity looks like! From Northeastern Thailand to its Central region, frontline communities come together to shift power: away from mining corporations that extract and contaminate water and land, and back to the people forced to live the harms. For over 20 years, the Phichit Villagers have fought for justice and remedy. On 24 March, they will finally hear the verdict. 📍 Join us LIVE on Manushya’s Facebook & Instagram , 24 March 8:15 AM as we report straig

Rasa was born on 2001, the same year Thailand’s largest gold mine was opened in her home province of Phichit. For 25 years, she watched as the environment and health of people in her hometown deteriorated. Today, she’s a movement lawyer with Manushya Foundation, standing alongside her community in the fight for justice and remedy after years of injustice. From daughter of Phichit to its defender ✊🏽 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙑𝙞�

⚖️ "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made." —Ruth Bader Ginsburg Justice is served best when it reflects the diversity of the people it protects. On this day, we pay tribute to the defiance, intellect, and glass ceilings shattered by women who dared to lead the bench. In Southeast Asia, these three women icons redefined the law: 🇵🇭 Cecilia Muñoz-Palma (Philippines): A true pioneer as the first woman appointed as Judge to the Supreme Court of the Philipp

The women united will never be defeated! ✊🏽 Today on International Women’s Day , we’re celebrating women in all their intersecting diversities. International Women’s Day was born from the struggles of women workers organizing for dignity, fair wages, and justice. It was never meant to be a corporate celebration. It was, and still is, a movement. We honour the roots of this day by celebrating the voices and leadership of women too who continue to struggle for justice: women w

Thai translation available below For nearly 10 years, over 300 villagers from Phichit have fought for justice and sought remedy over serious environmental and health harms linked to the Chatree Gold Mine, the largest gold mine in Thailand, operated by Akara Resources and owned by Australia-based Kingsgate. This coming 24 March, the court will finally decide. This historic ruling could shape the future of corporate accountability and climate justice in Thailand. Here’s how you

🚩 In Thailand, sex work is still criminalized. For International Sex Workers’ Rights Day, we’re featuring the testimony of sex workers' rights activist and Manushya Board Member Siriton Posh , amplifying the voices of those directly impacted. Sex workers are excluded from labor protections. Yet their work contributes to the economy just like any other service industry. Many women and gender-diverse people are pushed into sex work by severe economic inequality and limited liv

The ultimate "Women’s History Month" hypocrisy: U.S.-Israel drops bombs on girls' schools in Iran while burying the Epstein files. 🔥 The patriarchal U.S.-Israel war machine is working overtime to distract you from a massive elite cover-up. While over 140 children were murdered in Israel’s strike on an all-girls elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, the "Epstein elite" are using the chaos to hide new predatory allegations against Donald Trump and his billionaire circle.

Meet Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand fighting for their peoples’ recognition. For Indigenous communities in Thailand, discrimination begins with not being formally recognized under Thai law. ✊ Today on Zero Discrimination Day , we’re amplifying the voices of Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand who are fighting for their Peoples’ recognition. They joined Manushya Foundation’s UPR Capacity and Movement-Building Workshop in Hat Yai , held last 11-12 N