Diary launched to celebrate women's rights defenders

Diary launched to celebrate women's rights defenders

By The Nation

A diary has been launched in Thailand to mark International Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRD) Day.

November 29 is marked worldwide to give recognition to WHRDs.

In Thailand, Protection International and the Canadian Embassy in Bangkok unveiled the launch of “Side by Side WHRDs 2018” on Wednesday.

It features the hopes and aspirations of 20 WHRDs in Thailand, including National Human Rights Commissioner Angkhana Neelapaijit, Empower Foundation official Sommai Chantawong and Thai Medical Network president Preeyanan Lorsermvattana.

“This diary speaks of the meaningful struggle and fight for justice. We hope women in general will find this diary inspiring. They too can help change society for the better,” Pranom Somwog from Protection International said. 

The diary is being prepared under the “CFLI – Her Life, Her Diary” project. CFLI stands for the Canadian Fund for Local Initiatives.

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