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Survivors tell tales of alcohol abuse
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 14/07/2022
» Jessada Yaemsabai grew up surrounded by people with drinking problems but he never imagined he would end up becoming a victim of alcohol abuse.
Silent sins exposed
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 10/07/2022
» About 71% of women and girls with disabilities who are sexually abused do not have access to the justice system.
UN unveils plan to help refugees
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 06/12/2021
» The "Aiming High" campaign, which aims to increase enrolment in higher education by young refugee women and men, has kicked off in the kingdom, says Giuseppe De Vincentiis, UNHCR Representative in Thailand.
Calls mount for shift in sex workers' legal status
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 27/09/2021
» The recent online broadcast of sexual acts performed by Nong Khai Nao and her boyfriend has renewed calls for sex workers to be recognised by law and protected.
Hit broadcasters of rape where it hurts
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/03/2021
» Fines do not stop TV producers from romanticising rape in soap operas but boycotts of products that generate vital advertising revenue might do the trick, says a women's rights group.
Better care centres, paternal leave urged
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 09/03/2020
» Women yesterday called for more daycare centres for young children as well as paternal leave -- which is now offered only to men in the civil service -- to be extended to all working fathers of new-born babies.
Fruit of the organic bloom
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 07/12/2019
» Kittiwat Wasuratdechapong looks back at his chemically treated orange orchards, which left him in financial ruin, with despair.
With support, age is just a number
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 21/05/2019
» Thailand needs a conducive environment for elderly people to help it cope with the health and economic challenges triggered by an ageing society, according to Sumet Ongkittikul, chief of the Thailand Development Research Institute's transport and logistics policy research section.
Helping defuse a crisis
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 21/10/2018
» When Mew (not her real name) got pregnant, she was 16 years old and studying in the final term of Matthayom 4 at a school in the northern province of Phetchabun. She was in despair and was about to give up on the baby, who these days makes her a happy 19-year-old mum.
Elderly hobos plan to keep selling sex
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/03/2018
» The number of homeless people taking shelter in public areas of Bangkok rose by 175, or approximately 10%, last year, according to Achara Sorawaree, manager of the Issarachon Foundation, an NGO that serves the underprivileged.