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Forced haircut in schools advertising ignites discussions on rights, freedom

School students are no longer required to have a uniformly short haircut after then education minister Nataphol Teepsuwan issued an order to all schools to abolish limits on the length of students’ hair in 2020. (Photo: Patipat Janthong)

An advertisement on a forced haircut has stirred debate on rights violations and brought back bad memories for many when they were students in Thai schools.

Toiletries manufacturer Dove launched #LetHerGrow campaign on Tuesday to send a message that a forced haircut “takes away more than a girl’s hair.”

The print and video ads show a girl with a very short haircut and the rest of the hair is seen on the floor beside her school shoes.

“It makes her lose confidence and self-esteem and diminishes…

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