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Victims look to tech for help
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 07/02/2022
» A lawyer by profession, Kirthi Jayakumar had a life-altering experience in 2016 that put her on the path to fighting gender-based violence in her native India.
Working towards a better future
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/03/2021
» For two decades, Kyungsun Kim has worked to bring humanitarian and developmental aid to children of all creeds and races. Her numerous posts have included serving in Panama and Sudan as a programme specialist and between 2012 and 2016, she was a senior adviser for Unicef in New York managing external relations and partnerships.
Stamping out violence
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 09/11/2020
» About 7% of women -- largely from southern Thailand -- and 8.4% of men in the Central Region of the country continue to believe that domestic violence is justified in a relationship, according to the Sixth Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey for Thailand (Mics 6), a national survey conducted by the National Statistical Office (NSO) every three years with help from Unicef.
To catch an online predator
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/07/2020
» Sending a half-naked photo of herself to her new Facebook admirer, a boy she thought was 15, felt like a flirtatious move that 14-year-old Ned* believed would show she was serious about having a romantic relationship with the handsome teen whose photoshopped profile photo made him out to be a stud.
Weathering the storm
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/07/2019
» Annie*, a vibrant 21-year-old interior designing major, fell to her death from her high-rise condominium in the heart of Bangkok on a Saturday morning. It was the day she was expected to join a family excursion upcountry.
Elephant entertainment is no laughing matter
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/02/2016
» Elephant ride tourist deaths in recent weeks have once again put the spotlight on the urgent need for Thais to stop using wildlife for entertainment purposes.
Sizzling sun conditions
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 05/05/2015
» As temperatures in the country continue to sizzle, medical experts are advising the public to take cover.
Protecting Children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/04/2014
» Making it mandatory to register convicted paedophiles, that’s a start. Then implementing laws to restrain them from being alone in the company of children and a more determined resolution by parents and society to keep a watchful eye over kids too young to decipher sexual advances made on them — these measures can all work together in keeping paedophiles at an arms length from their intended victims, says a veteran psychiatrist.