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ROAD TO REFORM
News, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2022
» Re: "Where have the media reformers gone?" (Opinion, Feb 18).
Indonesian army says has stopped 'virginity tests' on female cadets
Published on 11/08/2021
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by activists who have long campaigned against it.
Australia reckons with sexual assault amid #MeToo second wave
AFP, Published on 15/03/2021
» BRISBANE (AUSTRALIA) - When the #MeToo movement began shaking the globe in late 2017, the reverberations Down Under were relatively muted.
A top cop
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/08/2019
» Behind the tough, fiery exterior of Pol Lt Col Peabprom Mekhiyanont lies the gentle and sympathetic heart of a 40-year-old female police investigator determined to help vulnerable victims find solace.
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.
Deadly bombing in Colombia underscores lingering threats
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2019
» BOGOTA: Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents and raised tough questions about lingering security threats in the wake of a peace deal with the nation's largest rebel group.
Police stand their ground on female ban
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 10/09/2018
» Terminating the recruitment of female cadets is a step backward for gender equality, say critics, but the police are standing their ground on the policy and insist that despite the move, the role of women in the police force will not be phased out.
Police stand their ground on female ban
News, Published on 10/09/2018
» Terminating the recruitment of female cadets is a step backward for gender equality, say critics, although the police have stood their ground on the policy and insist that despite the move, the role of women in the police force will not be phased out.
Arrest sexism in police force
News, Editorial, Published on 06/09/2018
» As Thailand under the military-sponsored constitution will become a more democratically regressive state after the general election next year than it was prior to the 2014 coup, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) this week came up with -- or were forced to come up with -- what can only be described as a backwards policy.