Panusaya named one of world’s most inspiring women of 2020 by BBC

By The Nation

 

Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul (left), Kotchakorn Voraakhom (centre), and Cindy Sirinya Bishop (right)

 

Protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul has been named as one of the world’s 100 most inspirational and influential women of 2020 by the BBC.

 

Panusaya, a leader of the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group, made international headlines in August when she read out a 10-point manifesto at a Bangkok rally.

 

She is among three Thais on the BBC’s “100 Women of 2020” list.

 

The other two are Kotchakorn Voraakhom, an urban landscape architect, and Cindy Sirinya Bishop, an actress, model and TV host who also campaigns to end violence against women.

 

Kotchakorn began her work by prising apart the “cracked pavement” of Bangkok’s sprawling cityscape and letting the seedlings of fresh ideas burst through, said the BBC. She seeks to nurture public and green spaces so as to make megacities more liveable and resistant to climate change.

 

Cindy was this year appointed UN Women regional goodwill ambassador for gender equality through education, communities and governments. She made headlines by founding the #DontTellMeHowToDress movement in 2018 after authorities told women not to look “sexy” if they wanted to avoid sexual assault at Songkran.

 

Women shortlisted in the BBC's list this year come from a wide variety of professions. They include Sanna Marin, who leads Finland's all-female coalition government, Michelle Yeoh, a rising star in Hollywood, and Sarah Gilbert, who heads Oxford University’s research into a coronavirus vaccine.

 

This year’s list highlights women who are leading change in turbulent times.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30398506

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-11-25

 

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Well done!! Something to be very proud about. 

Dinosaurs will never understand this

Somehow i dont think Prayut and his geriatric bunch would agree with the B.B.C..

While the outside world is putting her on a special list for incredible people, the Thai regime is putting her on the pizza list. 
 

Seems the regime will sink as low as possible not to give an inch. 

1 hour ago, Flying Saucage said:

Dinosaurs will never understand this

Coup leaders only understand power.   They now understand they do not have enough if it.  As she becomes more favored in the international press, they will adopt a softer tone.   It is all about what they can get away with.   Thailand is hugely reliant on the outside world and will try to go back to being irrelevant, so they can do as they like. 

I've had the pleasure of meeting Cindy, she's a hardworking and inspirational individual. 

 

 

They cannot be serious

She has more guts than those cockroaches presently trying to run the country. 

17 hours ago, webfact said:

Protest leader Panusaya “Rung” Sithijirawattanakul has been named as one of the world’s 100 most inspirational and influential women of 2020 by the BBC.

That's the BBC off Prayut's Christmas card list. Trump's too. They must be doing something right.

But women in Thailand can't apply to get into police training.  They can get into the cabinet IF they have married the 'right' person.

They must be TRYING to get her arrested. ????