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Recap: Feminist Solidarity & Capacity Building Workshop
🌏 Last week, around 40 individuals representing over 15 languages, 10 Southeast Asian and other global nations, as well as a plethora of...

Manushya Foundation
Sep 20, 2024


Brat, But Not Quite: Reclaiming Feminist Discourse in a Commercialized Culture
🎀💔 While the 'Brat' trend, popularized by Charli XCX, seems like a rebellious break from conventional femininity, it’s crucial to...

Manushya Foundation
Aug 28, 2024


The UN Cybercrime Treaty has Passed! We are Outraged!
#StopDigitalDictatorship🚨📢 - The UN Cybercrime Treaty has passed, but this is not the end—it's a call to arms! ⚠️ Our freedoms are under direct attack by this authoritarian tool, designed to strip away our digital rights under the guise of security. 🔍 Dive into our latest blog post where we expose the dangerous implications of this treaty and rally our community for action. 💪 We are not defeated; we are galvanised! Join us in standing firm against this assault on our li

Manushya Foundation
Aug 15, 2024


🚨 Last Funding Justice episode Alert! 🚨 Discover the Majority World Letter, a crucial step towards inclusive and equitable development.
Welcome to the final installment of our #FundingJustice series! Today, we delve into the transformative initiative led by Majority World actors, whose voices and recommendations are pivotal for creating just, inclusive, and equitable development practices. In our previous posts, we've discussed Manushya Foundation’s strategic efforts in decolonizing and decentralizing grant-making. By shifting power dynamics and placing decision-making in the hands of local communities, we ai

Manushya Foundation
Jul 11, 2024


#DecolonisedMentalHealth 😊July is BIPOC Mental Health Month!
🤎This July, we want to spotlight intersectionality in mental health for BIPOC Mental Health Month! While everyone experiences mental...

Manushya Foundation
Jul 6, 2024


#BangkokPride 🇹🇭Reflecting on Bangkok Pride 2024, and staying true to our roots in spite of #RainbowCapitalism
🌏Pride Month is always an exciting time, dedicated to celebrating the global queer community. This year, over 200,000 locals and...

Manushya Foundation
Jun 29, 2024


#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Funding Justice: Manushya’s Decolonial Grantmaking Strategy in Asia
🏦Welcome to a new post in our #FundingJustice series! Today, we explore the transformative work Manushya Foundation has been conducting in supporting local communities to drive change and challenging the power imbalances perpetuated by traditional grantmaking institutions. Our vision is for inclusive, just, equal, and peaceful societies in Asia! 🌏 🤝Manushya Foundation is committed to decolonizing and decentralizing funding practices by placing decision-making in the hands

Manushya Foundation
Jun 26, 2024


#DecolonizingFunding - 💰Shift the Power Treehouse Spotlight!
🌍 We are excited to bring back our ‘Funding Justice’ series in this post, where we will explore the transformative #ShiftThePower Treehouse initiative, a global movement rebalancing power dynamics in the funding ecosystem. ✊Dive into the manifesto's core principles and discover how local communities are taking the lead in defining their development paths. Let's reshape humanitarian aid together! 🌱 Find out more about the #ShiftThePowerInitiative 🔗 https://shiftthepower.org

Manushya Foundation
Jun 18, 2024


#DecolonizingFunding - 💰Funding Justice: Break the Chains of Colonial Funding
#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Excited to share Part 2 of our ‘Funding Justice’ series where we discuss the on-the-ground realities of the current international aid system. 🛑 Say No to Aid Colonialism and Paternalism! It's time to break the chains of colonial funding and shift the power to those who know the real needs—local actors on the ground. 🎙️In this post, Emilie Palamy Pradichit, Founder of Manushya Foundation, exposes the harsh realities of the international aid system

Manushya Foundation
Jun 13, 2024


#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Funding Justice: Unravelling the Threads of Colonialism
#DecolonizingFunding - 💰 Introducing Our New Educational Series: 'Funding Justice' 🏦 Through this series, we aim to unpack the complexities of colonial legacies in development funding and spotlight the movement for decolonizing aid. 💼 In this first post, we delve into how colonial remnants persist in the development grants-making sector, which continues to rely on top-down decision-making processes and asymmetrical power dynamics. 🪙 Stay tuned for upcoming posts to learn

Manushya Foundation
Jun 13, 2024


#ShadowWork 👁️How deeply do you know yourself?
💭 Shadow Work is a healing practice focused on facing the unconscious, repressed parts of ourselves, including our insecurities, fears,...

Manushya Foundation
May 18, 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


#FaceYourFears ❣️ By confronting your greatest fears, you unlock your greatest strengths!
🎐Wherever there is injustice in our society, you will find #Fear at its heart. Racism, sexism, ableism, classism, homophobia, fatphobia,...

Manushya Foundation
May 13, 2024


#StopDigitalDictatorship 💗🏳️🌈 How does Digital Dictatorship threaten the safety of Women and LGBTQIA+ communities?
#StopDigitalDictatorship 💗🏳️🌈 Learn more about the intersections between the experiences of women’s, LGBTIQA+, and those of other marginalised communities with the issues of Digital Rights in ASEAN countries in the ‘spotlights’ of our Thematic Report! 🔈✊ In our latest thematic report, "Dawn of Digital Dictatorship: Weaponizing the Law Against Online Speech in Southeast Asia," we explore these issues in depth. We believe this is important because marginalised communitie

Manushya Foundation
May 8, 2024


#MentalHealthAwarenessMonth #BeFearless ❣️ By confronting your greatest fears, you unlock your greatest strengths!
🎐Wherever there is injustice in our society, you will find fear at its heart. It’s sad to think about. But simultaneously, it can bring...

Manushya Foundation
May 4, 2024
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