Women’s and children’s rights groups urge action against sexual harassment

Several women’s and children’s rights advocacy groups in Thailand have issued a joint statement urging Move Forward and other political parties to clearly announce their intention to end sexual harassment and to come up with tangible measures to deal with the problem.

The statement was issued in the wake of sexual harassment allegations made against a several members of the Move Forward party, including the latest allegation by a female party volunteer against an MP.

The groups have proposed measures for consideration by political parties. These include announcements by individual parties of their policies and measures to prevent sexual harassment, mechanisms to accept complaints of sexual harassment and clear-cut procedures in response to such complaints, punitive measures against the wrongdoers, remedies for the victims, the protection of victims against coercion or…