Violence against women and children in Thailand triples in 2022

[snoop1130]

 

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) and Woman and Men Progressive Movement Foundation (WMP) reported that violence against women and children in Thailand tripled in 2022 compared to the previous year.

 

ThaiHealth and WMP held a seminar to promote the campaign to end violence against women and children under the theme, Stop Violence as Signals Appear Before They Make Headlines. The talk highlighted the signs of violence before an assault occurs and urged the public to pay attention to these signs and not to ignore them.

 

In one part of the seminar, WMP representatives reported the increasing number of cases of violence against women. The foundation clarified that women were experiencing more violence than in the past, as evidenced by the number of female victims who sought help from the foundation.

 

Jaree Sisawat, head of WMP’s Network Promotion Department, presented statistics collected from the news about domestic violence in 2022, stating that 1,131 cases were reported last year, which was three times more than in 2021. In the whole report, 347 (30.7%) cases were alcohol-related and 272 (24%) cases were due to drug use.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo via Woman and Men Progressive Movement Foundation (WMP)

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-28

 

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[bkk6060]

1,131 reported cases?  In reality, I bet it is 100 x's that that go unreported.  

[JackGats]

Violence against men is all right though. No need to mention it at all.

[hotchilli]

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) and Woman and Men Progressive Movement Foundation (WMP) reported that violence against women and children in Thailand tripled in 2022 compared to the previous year

A sign of social break down

[mikebell]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

violence against women and children in Thailand tripled in 2022

Sorted.

[brianthainess]

And how many cases do we hear about, where the RTP are inactive in bringing charges where the victims have to go to the press/social media or foundations to get any help?