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Starting next month, women may obtain abortions up to the 20th week of pregnancy – eight more weeks than before – but advocates say the law still falls short of providing access to safe abortions for all women.
Though the new law promulgated yesterday allows women to terminate pregnancies (...)
, by PRACHATAI
The Women for Freedom and Democracy group has set up a station at today’s protest at the Democracy Monument for people to sign their petition calling for the decriminalization of abortion.
The signs at the Women for Freedom and Democracy group’s station. The red and yellow sign in front says (...)
, by QUADRINI Maggi
Shaping awareness of what it means to be a feminist in Thailand is not without its challenges, especially in a context where men cringe at the word. Feminists are threatening to undermine the status quo that assumes that women are not to question men.
For 37-year old Pern Khamwean, the word (...)
Conservative anti-abortion beliefs are commonplace in Thailand and planted into the minds of Thai women from a young age. The stigma around abortion throws up barriers to access for those who need it, and exacts a psychological toll on those who opt for it.
When you bring up the issue of (...)
A web project that let people share stories of sexual assault is growing into an influential force for change
In a small bookshop in Suan Phlu, a lively district of Bangkok, an unusual conversation is taking place. Men and women crammed into the nooks and crannies between the books listen (...)
, by SAKSORNCHAI Jintamas
When a woman recently accused a famous gynecologist of raping her during an exam, many more came forward to say they’d entrusted his sterling reputation only to be assaulted at his clinic.
Almost as quickly, others emerged to challenge the women’s accusations. With police saying they couldn’t (...)
, by BURANAJAROENKIJ Duanghathai
Gender practices in Thai society have changed since the 1932 Revolution (from absolute monarchy to a democratic regime), resulting in debates on gender justice. The women’s organizations when interacting with international change in gender practice was instrumentalized to accelerate (...)
Prisons in Thailand still fail to recognise the basic rights of female prisoners, depriving women of essential health services and goods from sanitary pads to bras. Overburdened prisons due to Thailand’s harsh drug laws aggravate the current situation. This report reveals the devastating (...)
, by YIMPRASERT Junya Lek
We choose April 30 to publish this poster for two reasons.
Arrested in March 2009 and bailed many times since, now, on April 30, Chiranuch Premchaiyaporn, the Prachatai.com Webmaster, a receiver of the 2012 Women of Courage Award , will face the verdict of a Public Prosecutor working for the (...)
, by Isis, YIMPRASERT Junya Lek
Thai Labour Campaign’s Junya Lek Yimprasert shares her insights on the recently concluded Thailand Women Forum held last March 3-4, 2007 in Bangkok. She also gave a brief overview of the history as well as the current state of the women’s movement in Thailand.
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