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UN toolkit to help businesses become more gender-inclusive
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 09/12/2022
» The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the College of Management of Mahidol University are releasing a toolkit for gender-inclusive workplaces designed for Thailand's business sector.
Day of Love gesture fails to lift spirits
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 14/02/2022
» Bangkok's Bang Khun Thian district celebrates Valentine's Day on Monday by handing special certificates to LGBTQ+ couples recognising their relationship. However, the move is being decried as "ineffective" by activists for not being legally binding.
Unequal vaccine access a 'human rights breach'
News, Published on 31/05/2021
» The Bangkok Business and Human Rights Week, which is being launched today in the capital amid the surge of Covid cases, addresses the issue of unequal access to vaccines as a human rights violation.
SDGs@CMMU Mahidol
Published on 16/10/2020
» Sustainable development goals (SDGs) set out a framework of 17 Goals and 169 targets to tackle the world’s most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges in the lead-up to 2030.
Kingdom still divided over LGBT rights
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 10/10/2020
» The passage of pro-rights bills pertaining to civil partnerships of same-sex couples has promoted greater rights for those in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) community in Thailand, but some LGBT+ advocates are still challenging the prevalent stereotypes and discrimination still existent against the gender diverse community.
Pandemic raises child labour risks
Oped, Published on 06/10/2020
» According to the United Nations Global Compact, child labour is an "exploitation that is a violation of basic human right". Indeed, abolishing child labour is the declared policy of the international community and of almost all governments worldwide.
Schools need 'diversity sentinels'
News, Published on 09/10/2018
» Thailand has always been a diverse country made up of people from different racial, cultural and even religious backgrounds. Yet this reality has remained largely unrecognised by Thais, due to our gravitation towards "Thai-ness" and growing nationalism.