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Perpetuating sexism through prayers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/04/2019
» Is it possible that women's lower status in Thai society has something to do with the way we Thai Buddhists pray?
Getting to the root of the problem
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/07/2018
» In search of a solution to deforestation and the persisting rights conflicts between Thai forest dwellers and state authorities? Meet Sant Khamkhum. This owner of a small farm in northern Uttaradit province believes he has the answer to one of the country's biggest problems.
Revoke the licence to kill our oceans
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/03/2024
» Despite efforts to rein in rogue trawlers and overfishing in the past decade, the Thai seas are still in crisis. And if the Srettha government has its way, things will go from bad to worse.
Breaking gender barriers in the clergy
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 22/07/2023
» Can queers be ordained as Buddhist monks? The question sparked intense debates on social media when Pataradanai Setsuwan, a well-known openly gay celebrity, entered the monkhood late last month.
Locals resist environmental dictatorship
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 03/09/2020
» Drenched with a heavy downpour on Tuesday night while picketing in front of Government House, Anong Kuson looked up at the ferocious sky, her face wet with tears mixed with merciless rain.
A forest lockdown will fuel more fires
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/04/2020
» With strong wind and fast-approaching forest fires, a group of forest dwellers on Doi Mon Dok mountain in Chiang Mai's Samoeng District are racing against time to stop the flames from engulfing their village.
Old politics no answer to climate change
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/07/2019
» Despite all-out support from the machinery of the state and the old powers, it took three months for the Prayut regime to form a government because of political infighting, raising the question of how long it will last.
Why violence persists in our forests
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 10/06/2019
» In the corridors of power, as female politicians in opposite camps were wrangling over what-you-should-wear for their first day in the parliament, some 350 kilometres from Bangkok, 61-year-old peasant Sinuan Pasang was thrown into jail for trying to protect her land.
A trip with a difference
Life, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 06/06/2019
» Mention Chanthaburi and the first thing most people think of is fruit. Its orchards are abundant with durian, mangosteen, rambutan and many other varieties. However, there's much more to the eastern province than this. It has a rich local history and plenty of cultural diversity.
A stranger's welcome
Life, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 09/05/2019
» Most tropical beach holidays offer the usual formula of sun, sand and sea. Quy Nhon in Vietnam is for holidaymakers looking for another important "s" -- serenity.