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Hope fades for migrant children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 13/12/2021
» Once a happy-go-lucky fifth-grader who studied at a migrant learning centre in Mae Sot, Min* opts to sniff glue in his free time. By doing so, he wishes to momentarily forget the enormous responsibility of bringing food to the table by working long shifts at a local slaughterhouse after his parents were laid off due to the impact of Covid-19.
Making lemonade
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 14/12/2020
» Considering education in the hospitality industry during Covid-19 raises all sorts of red flags since the tourism and hospitality sectors have come to a grinding halt across the world due to the pandemic, which first surfaced earlier this year. Thailand, particularly, has been hard hit as our tourism industry accounts for 12% of the nation's GDP.
Pioneers of equality
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 11/08/2020
» Diversity and equality -- a UN standard of conduct for businesses to eliminate discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people -- are among the key initiatives by which Srettha Thavisin, president of Sansiri, one of Thailand's leading property developers, has managed his business since the company's inception 36 years ago.