#IndigenousRightsAreHumanRights 🌱 For Indigenous communities in Thailand, discrimination begins with not being formally recognized under Thai law.

Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Women and Girls, we’re amplifying the voices of Indigenous women leaders from Southern Thailand who are fighting for their Land. 

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✊ Naowanit Chaemphit, Moken community

✊ Saluay Hanthale, Ulak Lwoi Women’s Association for Development

When communities are not recognized, the consequences are real:

🪪 Statelessness

🏔️ Land grabbing driven by profit

🔒 Cultural exploitation

❌ Exclusion from education, healthcare, and political participation

As a decolonial, intersectional feminist organisation, our stance at Manushya Foundation has always been clear: legal erasure is structural discrimination.

📣 We call on the Thai government to comply with their international human rights commitments: formally recognize Indigenous Peoples, protect their collective rights in line with UNDRIP, and ensure Indigenous women’s leadership in land governance.

📖 Learn more in our UN submission, “𝘿𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙎𝙚𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚: 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨’ 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙎𝙇𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙”: bit.ly/IPSLAPPReport

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