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Listen to her
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/06/2019
» Twenty-four-year-old Bee* has been living with a verbally abusive husband for years. One day, out of desperation, she tells him she will go to the police. He threatens to kill her if she ever leaves him. He brings home a gun to show that he means business.
A month of many traditions
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 21/05/2019
» Ramadan, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the holy month of fasting, is practised by Muslims around the world, including Thailand. Having begun earlier this month, it is a time for Muslims to practise self-restraint, by not just fasting from dawn to dusk from food, drink, sexual activity, impure or unkind thoughts, and more. Ramadan is also a time of reflection.
Her body, her choice
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 26/03/2019
» Each year, around 20 million unsafe abortions are carried out globally, with roughly 80,000 maternal deaths reported. That's nine deaths every hour. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 95% of these occur in developing countries.
Seeing the signs
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/03/2019
» Despite her promising future, Nui* -- an attractive office secretary in her early 30s -- decides to live stream her suicide attempt on Facebook by taking an overdose of painkillers to get back at her cheating husband.
No mere act
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/01/2019
» Sakda Kaewbuadee is an actor, but not the kind who always spends time in the limelight, walking red carpets and giving autographs. When he is away from acting, he helps refugees.
What's love got to do with it?
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/01/2019
» Soft-spoken anti-child-marriage activist Albina knows all too well the downside to early and forced marriages, from her community of Sunsari in Nepal. Her mother was a product of such a union, forced to leave school at age 16 and marry a man of her parents' choice.
Making things right
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2018
» In the age of #MeToo, Thais have become more aware of issues like sexual violence and female empowerment. This is evinced by high-profile cases like that of Nitiwadee "Mor Nim" Pucharoenyos, a victim of domestic violence who was a few months ago spared the death penalty when the appeals court found her not guilty of killing her estranged husband back in 2013, while her mother was sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting the murder out of love for her daughter. It seems like a lot of females have started waking up to the idea of gender justice.
Guardian angels
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/09/2018
» Chaiwat Duangkem receives a bone-chilling call from a frantic woman, whose mentally unstable husband is in the middle of committing suicide. As team leader at privately owned ambulance service Medical Safety Team (MST) Thailand, which caters largely to mentally ill individuals, he learns that members of the patient's family restrained the hallucinating man, who is profusely bleeding from a self-inflicted wound but refuses to go to the hospital, before calling MST as their last resort.
Be the light
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 10/09/2018
» Today is World Suicide Prevention Day -- a day when the human race gets to contemplate whether we are doing enough to help prevent emotionally vulnerable individuals from taking their own lives.
Obsessed with fashion
B Magazine, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 02/09/2018
» Polish model Sara Kondal, who has enjoyed her fair share of success on catwalks in Paris and Milan, is a living example of beauty with brains. Not only does she have attractive features but the model is also an accomplished fashion events producer, translator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is also a brand ambassador for several companies, including haute couture fashion designer Eva Minge.