Meet three women on the frontlines of the country’s democracy movement
Denouncing sexual violence, demanding abortion reform and destigmatizing sex work — once-taboo issues are finding public expression in Thailand as women take up leadership roles in a youth-led pro-democracy movement.
On the protest frontlines, they are urging for gender equality in a kingdom where workplaces and politics are still dominated by men.
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On the night police tried to stop protesters from marching to the Thai parliament, activist Chonticha Jangrew remembers rallying them to push past the barricades.
“We cut the barbed wire, we approach the parliament as close as we…
