Yingluck lauds Malala's courage
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday heaped praise on the youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai for campaigning for children and women's rights.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life," she posted on Facebook.

Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said.

This Nobel Peace Prize will be an encouragement to the world to realise that there still are many people who see the importance of education and equality problems, she said.

Malala, the youngest education advocate, shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children's-rights activist.

In October 2012, Malala was shot in the head when militants boarded her school bus in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley and opened fire, wounding two of her schoolmates in the process. Despite this, she still advocated for people's rights.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Yingluck-lauds-Malalas-courage-30245346.html


-- The Nation 2014-10-13

Talking like a genuine statesman now. Is the darling of Isan preparing a political comeback? It's about time her trial starts. Save the Kingdom from the return of the witch.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

A little late for her to start acting like a politician.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

Yes Malala has struck a chord of hope for her people Yingluck , with the bigotry and ideological religious fanatics that surround her, the road indeed will be a hard one to travel, I wish you well on your courageous endeavours Malala, what your opponents don't like, you represent and that is goodness for all , may you proceed and conquer over evil.

Malal said "Who?"

Malal said "Who?"

I wonder who wrote the post for YL as I would suggest last week if asked about Malala she would have thought it was the launch of a new designer range or may have asked where the Malala Mall was being built.

She's basking on someone else's glory. Yep, very politician like.

Malal said "Who?"

Yingluck Powers, international woman of mystery

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

Indeed it is. More's the pity that role models for Thai youth are mostly football players or soap stars.

Are we kidding here?? That idiot probably Malala was a new brand of handbag.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

Indeed it is. More's the pity that role models for Thai youth are mostly football players or soap stars.

Oh, for heaven's sake. This comment is as immature as the blatantly insincere remarks in the OP. Besides, there is no statesmanship in those childish remarks. It has nothing at all to do with it. Sheesh. Learn what a statesman is, will you, and understand the political ploy behind hitching your image to someone better than yourself.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

Indeed it is. More's the pity that role models for Thai youth are mostly football players or soap stars.

I think it better that youth aspire to reachable goals, instead of dreaming of being born into the family of a corrupt power-hungry billionaire, and assist him in his rape of your country.

Not many aspire to be a Benedict Arnold or Quisling. I suppose Judas might be closer, he did it for the money.

Malala has integrity and courage, take a leaf out of her book.......you do know what a book is right Yingluck.

Sorry Yingluck, you had your chance and blew it BIG TIME.. You are out of your league here.

Just like your brother, who tried to compare himself to Nelson Mandala. Way too late for you.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life," she posted on Facebook.

...during a commercial break while watching her favorite TV drama.

A very important info.

A very rare instance of Thai statesmanship.

Indeed it is. More's the pity that role models for Thai youth are mostly football players or soap stars.

The football players are all foreign and the soap stars have bleached white skin in order to appear like westerners, and in many instances have one western parent. Which begs the question: Where are "real" Thais to whom the youth can look up to as role models? I am sure there are many. However, there seems to be a national inferiority complex whereby Thais look outside of their borders for heroes and appear to desire all the trappings of western consumerism, while at the same time putting down the farangs. Those Thais who can serve as positive role models are discounted and their humanitarian ideals are not embraced by the general public.

People have ridiculed Yingluck for her overseas education in the US, at a university not well-admired by the former commentaries on this website. Would Yingluck have received a better education in her own country, leading to her PM position? It's a rhetorical question since I believe the answer is obvious, if you consider how many women in Thailand have political power or prominence, having used any education as their launch to success.

IIRC, Yingluck launched her own campaign to help women in the South of Thailand.

Oh wait, now I think about it I remember people complaining all the money went to local Pheu-Thai leaders (basically bribes to keep their support).

A shallow attempt for credit by association - but nothing like as sick as her brothers press release when Nelson Mandela passed away.

Who cares what this HAS BEEN says or thinks

She is like last weeks curry GONE

Talking like a genuine statesman now. Is the darling of Isan preparing a political comeback? It's about time her trial starts. Save the Kingdom from the return of the witch.

Haters be hatin'

She beat the General to the punch?

She beat the General to the punch?

And Ahbisit too.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

RIGHT ON !!

i really hope that for the next days/weeks/months we dont have to read articles again about that red gangster ! She belongs in jail, together with her gangster bro !

What a pathetic bunch of misogynists. Jesus wept.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

The reason women have to fight for their rights is because of people like you with the mentality of victorian man (and I don't mean a state in S.E. Australia)

"The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule".

People have ridiculed Yingluck for her overseas education in the US, at a university not well-admired by the former commentaries on this website. Would Yingluck have received a better education in her own country, leading to her PM position? It's a rhetorical question since I believe the answer is obvious, if you consider how many women in Thailand have political power or prominence, having used any education as their launch to success.

Do you think the fact her billionaire brother who happens to own the political party which plucked her from nowhere to be the PM might be more of a reason for her astonishing rise to the position of PM and DM? Rather than the first class education she received at a rather academically obscure US university?

A hugely rich family, who could easily afford any of the top educational institutions in the world choose a very low ranking unheard of one. Why not Harvard, MIT, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge? Money is not a barrier. Must be something else. Any ideas?

Yingluck has demonstrated the results of her education for all to see.

"As a woman I would like to express my gratitude for Malala's courage and determination. She fought for women's rights even though this almost cost her life...Today, everywhere in the world women still face gender inequality in many areas, including education, and women are still the victims of violence and torture, she said."

And what did Yingluck do to address the issues of gender inequality (Gender is a non factor when your family's wealth can buy you power), advancing education and domestic violence while she was Prime Minister? The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule.

The reason women have to fight for their rights is because of people like you with the mentality of victorian man (and I don't mean a state in S.E. Australia)

"The only right she fought for was her right to take as many shopping trips as she could fit into her schedule".

You are right - the only right she fought for was to get an amnesty for her brother.

All those trips, more than anyone else, were I guess to keep her out of the country and away from contentious issues so she could say she wasn't there, didn't know and not aware etc etc. She wasn't really doing anything, making decisions or in charge of anything anyway.

Nothing to do with women's rights, equality, diversity or any other related issue which are meaningless to PTP. No money to be made there.