💕On the 3rd December 2024, the Manushya team received the Human Rights Tulip Award at the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok. It was a...

📝 Last Friday, Manushya had the honor to take part together with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights in the Human Rights Breakfast with the...

💔 Today, we shine a light on Laos, where corruption is deeply embedded in the fabric of the nation. From business practices to...

🌍 On December 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law, citing national security threats. Within just six...

#DecolonisingWellbeing 👨‍👦Thank you, dad. 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦Feminism and liberation for all genders is not just for gender marginalised people. When we divest from gender-based violence and norms, we not only free those who are directly oppressed by these issues, but also free those who might not realise they are oppressed by harmful patriarchal norms while benefiting from them, such as fathers. For example, fathers might feel the pressure to be the sole ‘breadwinners’ of their fa

💔Expecting communities to be entirely free of conflict, disagreements, arguments, fights, and misalignments is unrealistic and counter to our human tendencies. Especially in a world we are trying to decolonise in tangible ways, we should not only face these human challenges, but anticipate them. We must remember that the end goal of our movements is liberation for all our intersectional causes, and a world where all can embrace our differences together. We will never get th

Earlier this year, we submitted a shadow report for the CEDAW’s review of Laos. And, as expected, the Lao delegation showed up with their...

🫂 Though our ancestral rage and sadness must be felt and validated, sometimes we need to humble ourselves - especially when it comes to our own blood. We deserve to hold our predecessors accountable for the harms towards us that they were responsible for, and traumas they passed down onto us, in order to mitigate further suffering and heal ourselves. At the same time, reserving some grace and forgiveness for those who sincerely did their best with the tools they had at the t

Our report for the fourth UPR Review, Echoes of Injustice: Civil and Political Freedoms Under Siege in Laos, is here to reveal the staggering gap between the Lao government's facade of human rights and the reality it desperately tries to hide. The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is essentially a beauty pageant for countries, where they showcase their so-called "best" human rights records—think of it as a glorified talent show for tyrants. Meanwhile, the Lao government smiles

As we gear up for the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR), we, the Manushya Foundation, Power By Keyboard, and the Lao Youth Network...

🌏Today we are celebrating World Children’s Day. As COP29 is currently taking place, let’s discuss the impacts of climate change on children. 🚨Globally, over 1 billion children are at extreme high risk from climate-related events, including floodings, heatwaves, water scarcity and air pollution and hundreds of thousands of children die every year due to the impacts of climate change. If nothing is done, more children will die! 🗣️Despite their unique vulnerability to climate

😡 Let’s get this straight, first and foremost: arguments and conflict are going to be part of life, no matter what. It’s part of being a child, parent, sibling, decision-maker, changemaker, visionary, coworker, friend, romantic partner, and human. As discussed in last week’s post on Generational Trauma , there can be so many barriers to healing. If we value diversity, a bit of human conflict once in a while should be anticipated, as part of our human balance. Thus, instead o